Our skeletons are the support system for our entire body. Poor posture is caused by many things. Reasons include hereditary physical disease, inner ear infections, nervous system disorders, eye ...

Fast muscles, such as the thigh muscle in a sprinter, deliver energy quickly but fatigue quickly. Slow muscles, such as the soleus muscle in the lower calf, are less forceful but important for posture ...

Is having poor posture a bad habit? Not necessarily as some people do have skeletal limitations, but in general, bad posture is due to tight muscles that limit how far a joint can move in any ...

Get any of our free daily email newsletters — news headlines, opinion, e-edition, obituaries and more. Every skier can identify with those painful first days on the hill where only a few painkillers ...

The human skeleton — a hulk of 206 living bones — is malleable. Long ago, at the start of the Holocene, human bones became less dense as a result of a less active lifestyle. With the rise of farming, ...

Part two of two teaching films about human anatomy which is devoted to the action of the skeletal muscles in producing movement of the bones at the joints of the human skeleton. It uses live action ...

If you’re sick of slouching at your desk or at home, you’ve probably found that correcting yourself can be near impossible. However, with the help of wearable tech, you can improve your posture – and ...