Do you suffer from back ache?
Do you suffer from neck pain?
Do you have shoulder pain?
What do you think is reason for all this aches and pains?
Let us look at this from a different angle.
Few years ago people used to predict that in future human beings will have big heads and small body. You know, the reason for that prediction was that size of human brain determines intelligence and indirectly survival ability in new world.
But with advent of smart devices, we probably can do with a small brain!
Also we are redefining the way we will evolve in future. Constant use of smart phones, tablets, laptops is changing the way we walk, sit, see and carry ourselves. Our posture is constantly being redefined.
Human beings evolved by becoming bipedal, that is by walking on two limbs instead of all four, so goes one theory. We are what we are because of our erect posture. There are advantages and disadvantages of standing and walking on two legs.
Advantages:
Do you suffer from neck pain?
Do you have shoulder pain?
What do you think is reason for all this aches and pains?
Let us look at this from a different angle.
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Few years ago people used to predict that in future human beings will have big heads and small body. You know, the reason for that prediction was that size of human brain determines intelligence and indirectly survival ability in new world.
But with advent of smart devices, we probably can do with a small brain!
Human beings evolved by becoming bipedal, that is by walking on two limbs instead of all four, so goes one theory. We are what we are because of our erect posture. There are advantages and disadvantages of standing and walking on two legs.
Advantages:
- By being bipedal, your two arms are free. These called as hands have helped us shape tools from stones to "Apple"!
- By standing tall, we are able to see far and better.
Disadvantages:
- Backache
- Varicose Veins
- Challenges and difficulty in delivery of babies from womb!
For those interested in reading more about evolution and walking....
1. Quora answer
Well has "Evolution" stopped? Of course not. So what activities which we do now will shape the features of tomorrow. Well that is difficult to predict.
Our endeavour here is protect our health in present and get the best for future.
The back pain, shoulder pain, neck pain which used to come after middle age are being increasingly seen in less than 30 years old.
Few excerpts,
"The survey led by the British Chiropractic Association observed that the decreasing size of electronic gadgets results in people leaning over the screen rather than using a desk, and due to this they suffer from pain in their backs and necks, the Daily Star reported"
If you do not have a personal work station, you may tend to suffer more
Our body or our genes are smart in the long run! We may suffer few more generations with aches and pains but we may end up looking different.
Will we assume a fetal position with wheels? How will we look in future?
Well it it is not easy for us to know that but we can help ourselves. If we are conscious about our posture and use judiciously our smart devices may be our aches and pains will vanish!
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