--- title: Posture and eyes for sporty kids — a lesson of Mova's school · trees and pragmatics description: «Posture and eyes for sporty kids», a lesson of the medicine course of Mova's primary school, sentence by sentence with dependency trees and pragmatics. It begins: Backs and necks love moving and hate staying stuck; no chair can hold you up if you slide down into it, so the best posture is the next --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/medicine/58-posture-and-eyes-for-sporty-kids/) [home](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) / [corpora](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/) / [school](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/) / [Medicine](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/medicine/) / Posture and eyes for sporty kids # Posture and eyes for sporty kids Lesson 58 of the medicine course of Mova's primary school: 16 sentences, each with its syntax tree and pragmatics. The lessons are written for Mova, and their agreed trees are part of Mova corpus 0.4 (CC BY-SA 4.0). How Mova does on its tests: [the lesson at school](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/school-run/medicine/58-posture-and-eyes-for-sporty-kids/). - [0](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/medicine/58-posture-and-eyes-for-sporty-kids/0/) — Backs and necks love moving and hate staying stuck; no chair can hold you up if you slide down into it, so the best posture is the next one: get up, stretch and change position every half hour. - [1](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/medicine/58-posture-and-eyes-for-sporty-kids/1/) — Chloe watches highlights with her phone in her lap, head hanging: an adult head weighs about 5 kg, and a study reported that bent far forward it loads the neck like about 27 kg, «it's giving old lady» (it feels like). - [2](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/medicine/58-posture-and-eyes-for-sporty-kids/2/) — Eyes need guarding in sport: Isla from Aberdeen climbs out of the pool saying «My een are nippin'!» (Scots for my eyes are stinging), and goggles that fit plus a shower before swimming help far more than blaming the chlorine. - [3](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/medicine/58-posture-and-eyes-for-sporty-kids/3/) — A small fast ball like a squash ball can hit the eye itself, everyday glasses can snap and cut, snow throws sunlight back up into your eyes, and any change in sight after a hit means stop, tell an adult and go to A&E the same day. - [4](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/medicine/58-posture-and-eyes-for-sporty-kids/4/) — Sitting still for hours stiffens the back and neck; getting up and moving often helps more than any special chair. - [5](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/medicine/58-posture-and-eyes-for-sporty-kids/5/) — An adult head weighs about 5 kg; a study reported that bending it far forward over a phone loads the neck like about 27 kg; holding the phone up nearer eye level keeps the head upright. - [6](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/medicine/58-posture-and-eyes-for-sporty-kids/6/) — Sport strengthens the tummy and back muscles that hold you up, which helps balance long days of sitting. - [7](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/medicine/58-posture-and-eyes-for-sporty-kids/7/) — Red, stinging pool eyes are often caused by chloramines, made when chlorine mixes with sweat and wee in the water. - [8](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/medicine/58-posture-and-eyes-for-sporty-kids/8/) — A squash ball is about 40 mm across, small enough to fit into the eye socket, so protective eyewear is recommended for squash. - [9](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/medicine/58-posture-and-eyes-for-sporty-kids/9/) — A hard hit to the eye can cause damage inside even if the outside looks fine; blurred sight, flashes or pain after a hit need a doctor the same day. - [10](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/medicine/58-posture-and-eyes-for-sporty-kids/10/) — Everyday glasses can break and cut the face in sport; sports glasses are made of tough plastic such as polycarbonate and often have a strap. - [11](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/medicine/58-posture-and-eyes-for-sporty-kids/11/) — Genes play a part in short sight, but studies show children who spend more time outdoors are less likely to become short-sighted. - [12](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/medicine/58-posture-and-eyes-for-sporty-kids/12/) — Fresh snow reflects up to about 80% of the sun's UV light, even on cloudy days, and UV can burn the surface of the eye, called snow blindness. - [13](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/medicine/58-posture-and-eyes-for-sporty-kids/13/) — Rubbing an eye with sand in it can scratch the clear front of the eye; rinsing with clean water washes it out gently. - [14](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/medicine/58-posture-and-eyes-for-sporty-kids/14/) — Muscles cool down and stiffen while you sit, so subs need a warm-up before going on. - [15](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/medicine/58-posture-and-eyes-for-sporty-kids/15/) — «Lush» is Welsh slang for great, and «bruv» is London slang for mate. - ← previous: [Gaming nights and the morning after](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/medicine/57-gaming-nights-and-the-morning-after/) - next →: [Changing-room germs](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/medicine/59-changing-room-germs/) - ↑ back to [Medicine](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/medicine/)