Most of us recall being reminded by our parents or teachers to practice good posture by telling us to “stand or sit up straight.” We probably paid little attention to this advice, although good posture is associated with self-confidence and good looks, if nothing else. Little did we realize that these early words of advice have longstanding implications more than we could have imagined.
Few young people are likely to equate their current posture with possible future problems such as the “dowager’s hump” referred to medically as hyper kyphosis. In the 1940s, the term “dowager’s hump” was coined to refer to an abnormal curvature of the spine that manifests itself as a hump in the upper back of older women.
I have found that if the structure is improved then the muscle that underlies the back of the neck has been reported to improve.
