Stand with your feet hip-width apart and shift your weight evenly between your feet. Use a standing desk at work and alternate between sitting and standing every 20 to 60 minutes. Crossing your legs ...

Heed your mother’s correction: Sit up straight. There’s a reason this advice has been passed down for generations — proper posture is important. After all, posture affects so many aspects of your ...

DEAR MAYO CLINIC: My grandmother lives with me, and she is always nagging me to "stand up straight" and "put your shoulders back." She says good posture will keep me healthy as I age. But I'm only 17.

As a child, you might remember your parents reminding you to sit up straight and not to slouch. What might have been annoying then is actually pretty good advice now. Here’s why good posture is so ...

As a child, being told to sit or stand up straight may have felt like a nuisance, but those adults in your life were on to something: Good posture helps you stay healthy and pain-free. “It can affect ...