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How Your Posture Can Cause (and Affect) Arthritis

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Posture, both good and bad, absolutely can have an impact on osteoarthritis. How does bad posture affect osteoarthritis? Chronic bad posture places abnormal chronic stresses on your body. These stresses make it harder for your muscles to take the pressure off your joints-and your jo...

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Thursday, March 12, 2009 at 02:18 PM

Learn and practice yoga. It keeps joints supple and enables you to explore relaxed posture. It puts you in touch with your body so that you are more aware of the strangeness of bad posture.

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