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Will Slouching Cause Hunchback?

Maya Lin-Takahashi • • 6 min read
Will Slouching Cause Hunchback?

Poor posture in childhood, such as slouching, leaning back in chairs and carrying heavy schoolbags, can cause the ligaments and muscles that support the vertebrae to stretch. This can pull the thoracic vertebrae

thoracic vertebrae
The dorsal vertebrae range from the bottom of the neck to the top of the pelvis. Dorsal vertebrae attached to the ribs are called thoracic vertebrae, while those without ribs are called lumbar vertebrae.
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out of their normal position, resulting in kyphosis.

Can bad posture cause hunchback?

Poor posture with a forward bend can weaken your upper back muscles and create a hump at the base of your neck. This condition, which doctors call kyphosis, is more commonly known as dowager's hump.

Can you get hunchback from slouching?

The most common type of kyphosis, postural kyphosis usually happens during the teenage years. Slouching or poor posture stretches the ligaments and muscles holding the vertebrae (spinal bones) in place. That stretching pulls the vertebrae out of their normal position, causing a rounded shape in the spine.

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