Can Wearable Devices for Posture Help with Chronic Back Pain?
Submitted by Cathy Brown on Thu, 09/13/2018 - 2:06pmYou may have heard about wearable devices that can nudge you into sitting up straight. But how well do they work, and can they really help alleviate your chronic back pain?
Back pain affects 60-80 percent of the U.S. adults, and undoubtedly poor posture contributes to the problem. Too many of us spend too many hours slouched at our desks and hunched over our phones. Tech companies are developing devices to try to nudge us to sit up straight.