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 Dr. Brown sees it, before you can begin to give advice on specific injuries, there are certain fundamental areas of the body that need to be understood. The reasons for this are two-fold: first, ...

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 ...

Here’s something you may not have considered: Singers are athletes. Singing is an activity that works your whole body and a lot more muscles than you may think. This is exactly why maintaining proper ...