Just a thought

"What's the main cause for backaches in modern Singapore?"

This question popped to mind as I was travelling on board a public bus on Friday night. Recalling the high incidence of 'chronic lower back pain' at Gedong, I was not surprised that I came to a conclusion that it is all about posture, and buses are partly to be blamed for the aggreviation of such conditions. Just look at how youths and teenagers are seating nowadays: Slouched to the shape of a capital 'U', they adopt this position so that it is more comfortable for their (long, and sometimes not very long) legs (or so they seem, for this position hyperextends the spinal chord, increasing stress on the back). Tsk tsk.