Beth Linker
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first heard Jul 2026
last heard 20 Jul
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And I don't think it's as simple as people want to think it is.
they're just not rooted in scientific data.
We have no good science telling us that good posture will prevent back pain.
And the problem with this is that this kind of health belief, this pervasive health belief that good posture will prevent back pain,
has been sold to us since the early 20th century through a bunch of stakeholders who benefit from this kind of health belief.
Shoe manufacturers, chair manufacturers, a whole fitness industry.
Oh, and corsets.
I shouldn't forget to mention corsets and back braces and
that their whole market exists on creating fear and also a promise that if you can somehow maintain upright posture, and they never tell you for how long, right?
Like no one ever says, stand up straight for the rest of the day.
for an hour?
How long do you want me to stand up straight?
So they just kind of leave that out there as an unknown for how long you're supposed to be straight.
I mean, I guess in the fantasy, it's all day long.
And that this in the end will translate into no back pain.
But even current studies coming out of the US and Australia's have shown in recent years that
teenagers looking at their phones with a slight slump, actually, there's no difference between them and teenagers who are standing up straight.
There's no evidence that one group has a higher chance of back pain than the other.
No.
And then I guess the question I would have back at you from that question is, how do we define it?
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