Family Fun Simply Gifted Expectant Fathers More Topics . . . Not Indexed The spine plays a central part in having a good posture. These disks act as shock absorbers and allow the flexible movement of the spine. When we are standing, the spine naturally curves both inwards and outwards. Imagine how many times we use our spines to sit down, lift a weight, clean our house, etc.
Women experience more hips problems than men for different reasons.
One of them is that it is believed to look cute for girls to stand their tummies out. If you watch gymnasts perform, you will automatically notice how curved is their lower back. They do that by tilting their pelvises forward. This posture tends to stick as they grow older and causes health problems, even arthritis. Wearing high heels worsen their condition as well as bad habits such as picking up objects from a higher place by curving their spine a little bit farther off.