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I recently attended the 2015 West Coast ISPA Media Event, where a Mayo Clinic Healthy Living Program representative provided me with a full postural analysis. As a writer who spends a lot of time sitting in front of a computer, has a "text neck" issue with smartphone overuse, and carries my laptop every day from point A to point B, I was expecting to hear I had the postural health of an 80-year-old woman.

As it turned out, I have Kyphosis-Lordosis Posture, the most common postural scenario.

The Healthy Living Program associate also noted that my left shoulder, which I always use to carry my computer bag, is lower than my right, which is reserved for my purse.

The average laptop weighs five pounds, and the average purse can weigh even more than that at 6.27 pounds, according to a 2012 study by StyleList. According to the American Chiropractic Association, this can be a bad combination for slender individuals who use a purse and laptop bag at the same time because "carrying a bag with detectable weight — more than 10 percent of your body weight — can cause improper balance."

Read the full report here.