Is Every Desk Worker Going To Have A Dowager's Hump?
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Experts weigh in on the consequences of slouching over a computer screen all day.
Between laptops, cell phones and tablets, many people spend hundreds of hours each month hunched over and staring down at one device or another.
This kind of poor posture can lead to consequences like back pain, neck pain and even an acquired round-shouldered posture known as a dowager’s hump, said Dr. Nnaemeka Echebiri, a physiatrist at the Hospital for Special Surgery in New York.
A dowager’s hump (or hunchback, clinically known as kyphosis) is a curvature at the bottom of the neck that creates a sort of slouching posture. “It’s often due to poor posture over time,” Echebiri said.
There are many things that can lead to the development of this hunchback posture. Unfortunately, having a desk job is one of them.
But are all desk workers doomed to have a dowager’s hump in their life? Is there anything you can do to combat it? Here’s what experts say:
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