Your Iphone Is Ruining Your Posture

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In the three research documents, “Your iPhone is Ruining Your Posture – and Your Mood” by Amy Cuddy, “Posture Affects Standing, and Not Just the Physical Kind” by Jane E. Brody, and “Erectness of Posture as an Indicator of Dominance or Success in Humans” by have significant information about modern technology ruining our posture and how we react to any situations. All three sources have great information and data but in my opinion only one seems the most credible argument.

In the first research document, “Your iPhone is Ruining Your Posture – and Your Mood” by Amy Cuddy, she states that emotions can cause humans to have a posture and our posture can cause our emotions too. Also depending on the size of devices, it can affect our posture.
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Brody, she explains that bad posture can affect our muscles, breathing limits, joints, mood, bad impression, and digestion. In her editorial, she states, “Poor posture can have ill effects that radiate throughout the body, causing back and neck pain, muscle fatigue, breathing limitations, arthritic joints, digestive problems and mood disturbances. It can also create a bad impression when applying for a job, starting a relationship or making new friends.” Brody explains that many affects can happen to our mental and physical being, which are all horrible and possibly a burden in our lives. Brody also states how correcting takes this will need effort when she says, “Improving posture requires a conscious effort and often strengthening and flexibility exercises to correct muscular imbalances…” What she explains at this point is that to correct this problem it would have to take effort and continuously doing exercises to regain that good …show more content…
Weisfeld and Jody M. Beresford, which explains how posture affects how we will succeed in life and that it will show dominance in our life. In the editorial document, they both state, "In a longitudinal study, boys who had been ranked by peers as “tough,” or dominant in agonistic encounters, in early grade school were observed to have erect posture in high school. " This statement shows the study that humans have felt and made there posture better when other humans believe they are in power and have dominance. They both also mention, "Further, high school students who were judged by peers as successful by group standards tended to have erect posture." This means that those who are constantly reminded they will succeed in life, they have great posture in their

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