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Why Some Cultures Don’t Have Back Pain

Does your spine look like a C, an S or a J? Millions of people around the world suffer pain from too much sitting.

What do people around the world suffer from? People around the world suffer pain from too much sitting. How many people around the world suffer pain from too much sitting? Millions of people around the world suffer pain from too much sitting.

Some have even switched to using standing desks, but are still in agony.

What have some people switched to using? Some people have switched to using standing desks. And they are now free of pain, aren’t they? No, they aren’t free of pain. They are still in agony.

Esther Gokhale, an acupuncturist and a posture guru, says she has the answer.

Is Esther Gokhale a posture guru? Yes, Esther Gokhale is a posture guru. What else does she do? She is also an accupuncturist. Does she have the answer? Well, she says she has the answer.

She says we have forgotten how to naturally use our bodies.

What have we forgotten? We have forgotten how to naturally use our bodies.

And this is the reason so many of us suffer from neck pain, back pain, and other repetitive injuries.

Is this the reason we are so happy and healthy? No, this isn’t the reason we are so happy and healthy. This is the reason we suffer from neck pain, back pain, and other repetitive injuries.

Gokhale says that many people slump over too much into the shape of a C.

Do many of us slump over into the shape of a C? Yes, many of us slump over into the shape of a C.

Other people push their stomachs and chests forward while their back and butts are pulled back.

Do other people push their stomachs and chests forward or backward? Other people push their stomachs and chests forward.

When looked at from the side their spine is shaped like an S.

What letter is their spine shaped like? Their spine is shaped like an S.

While the C shape might feel more relaxed and the S shape feels tenser, she says that both are unnatural and a recipe for back pain.

Which shape might feel more relaxed? The C shape might feel more relaxed. What shape might feel tenser? The S shape might feel tenser.

Gokhale says that many indigenous cultures do not suffer from back pain at all and it is because of the shape of their spine, which is straight from the top and curves at the bottom.

Is it true that indigenous cultures don’t suffer from back pain? Yes, many indigenous cultures don’t suffer from back pain. Who says it is because of the shape of their spine? Gokhale says it is because of the shape of their spine. Is it curved from the top? No, it isn’t curved from the top. It is straight from the top.

When looked at from the side, it is shaped like the letter J.

What letter is it shaped like? It is shaped like the letter J.

She originally started her research into posture after having back pain herself as a young mother.

What kind of pain did she have as a young mother? She had back pain as a young mother.

She described her pain as excruciating.

How did she describe her pain? She described her pain as excruciating.

She couldn’t sleep at night and couldn’t even pick up her baby.

Could she sleep at night? No, she couldn’t sleep at night. What else couldn’t she do? She also couldn’t even pick up her baby.

After getting surgery, she got some relief, but the pain returned.

How did she get some relief? She got some relief from surgery. Was the relief permanent? No, the relief wasn’t permanent. The pain returned.

After hearing she would need surgery again, she knew the answer was not conventional medicine.

What did she know? She knew the answer was not conventional medicine.

She needed to think outside the box.

What did she need to do? She needed to think outside the box.

After reading medical studies showing that traditional cultures didn’t have these modern problems, she decided to study them first hand.

What did the medical studies show? The medical studies showed that these traditional cultures didn’t have these modern problems.

She traveled the world, exploring villages from Africa to Equador, studying how people stood, sat, moved and worked.

Where did she travel? She traveled the world, exploring villages from Africa to Equador. What did she study? She studied how people stood, sat, moved and worked.

Despite having very physically demanding lives, they were mostly pain-free.

Were they mostly work free? No, they weren’t mostly work free. They were mostly pain-free.

Gokhale has written a book and made videos teaching proper standing and sitting techniques.

What does Gokhale teach? Gokhale teaches proper standing and sitting techniques.

And in Silicon Valley, she has become a posture guru to tech company executives.

What kind of guru has she become? She has become a posture guru.

She has taught the CEO of Youtube and given classes at tech companies like Facebook and Google.

Where has she given classes? She has given classes at tech companies like Facebook and Google. Which CEO has she taught? She has taught the CEO of Youtube.

While many medical professionals in California send their patients to Gokhale for posture coaching, not everyone is convinced.

Who sends their patients to Gokhale? Many medical professionals in California send their patients to Gokhale.

One California doctor believes that it may not be the J shape of the spine that is causing people from indigenous cultures and students of Gokhale to have less pain.

Who thinks it may not be the J shape of the spine? One California doctor thinks it may not be the J shape of the spine.

He says it could be stronger stomach muscles that people from indigenous cultures naturally have, and that Gokhale’s students learn through her exercises.

Does he say it could it be stronger back muscles? No, he doesn’t say it could be stronger back muscles. He says it could be stronger stomach muscles. How about you? Do you suffer from back pain?