print email comment close Posture for a Healthy Back URL: http://my.clevelandclinic.org/healthy_living/back_health/hic_posture_for_a_healthy_back.aspx Description: "'Posture is the position in which you hold your body upright against gravity while standing, sitting or lying down. Good posture involves training your body to stand, walk, sit and lie in positions where the least strain is placed on supporting muscles and ligaments during movement or weight-bearing activities." This site provides illustrated descriptions of good posture for standing, stooping, squatting, kneeling, sitting, driving, lifting, and sleeping. From the Cleveland Clinic. Publisher: The Cleveland Clinic LII Database Information: Record 22994 created by Maria Brandt on 12/04/2006 Last modification on 12/06/2008 Published: 12/06/2006   Funding agency: California State Library LII Item ID: http://lii.org/cs/lii/view/item/22994