I have a slump. Which is to say, I have a bit of a rounded upper back. The technical term is kyphosis. You’d think this might be fairly obvious, but it has taken me quite a few years to really figure out what it going on with my back and how it affects my ability to sit and stand and do exercises. Having a bit of a rounded upper back can, it turns out, really throw the rest of your body out of whack.
The funny thing, as this yoga article
notes, is that such a slump is caused by overly tight muscles in the
*front*
of your torso. Which makes sense when you hear it, but isn’t something
that was obvious to me. So, to make the slump decrease, you need to
vertically stretch your chest, and strengthen your upper back at the same
time. And be careful not to over stretch your lower back or neck in the
process.
posted at 17:54 on Tue, 01 Nov, 2005 |
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