Joint stiffness can often cause you to assume uncomfortable postures and positions, which leads to overuse and strain of the muscles, explained Jonathan Kirschner, MD, an assistant professor in the Interventional Spine and Sports Medicine Division of the Department of Rehabilitation Medicine at the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai Hospital in New York City. “Massage can certainly help with muscle pain and stiffness,” Dr. Kirschner said, but also noted that it doesn’t n

Huffington Post by Dr Steven P. Weininger: 09/28/2013 08:28 am ET If you’d rather not be someone who is hunched over, walks slow, and has chronic joint pain, then stand up straight! More specifically, start working on your posture, which, it turns out, is as important as your mother said it was. Keeping your body in proper alignment, improving your balance, and maintaining that alignment as you move are all part of what we call “good posture.” When those things are out of wha