A person’s ability to balance depends on the collection of information produced via three systems. The three systems include: visual, proprioception, and vestibular. There are a number of factors that lead to reduced function of these systems, but the body is resilient enough to compensate for a damaged system by enhancing another.

Posture varies from person to person, but anatomically there are positions that should be maintained to help alleviate stress on the body. Finding and maintaining the correct positions of our joints can help to reduce excessive stress, along with decreasing risk of degeneration. As much as it would be helpful to have correct posture all day, it is unnatural.