This door stopper of an article thoroughly explores strategies for postural improvement that may be helpful, but I also explain why the idea of “poor posture” is mostly much ado about nothing — a problem in theory, but usually not much of one in practice. If your main issue is unexplained or stubborn aches and pains, there are probably better ways to spend your time than reading this, such as getting a nice massage, or being more physically active … which trumps almost all considerations of posture! How’s that for a tempting introduction? Er, read on?