{"id":17706,"date":"2017-12-11T21:46:17","date_gmt":"2017-12-11T11:46:17","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/tomgrimshaw.com\/tomsblog\/?p=17706"},"modified":"2024-06-29T07:22:42","modified_gmt":"2024-06-28T21:22:42","slug":"how-to-fix-a-dowagers-hump","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.tomgrimshaw.com\/tomsblog\/?p=17706","title":{"rendered":"HOW TO FIX A DOWAGER\u2019S HUMP"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/tomgrimshaw.com\/tomsblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/DowagersHump.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter  wp-image-17707\" src=\"http:\/\/tomgrimshaw.com\/tomsblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/DowagersHump.jpg\" alt=\"Dowager's Hump\" width=\"738\" height=\"721\" \/><\/a><br \/>\nI am a physiotherapist who is passionate about everything to do with posture. Let&#8217;s fix your posture..<\/p>\n<p>It is an\u00a0<strong>enlarged prominence<\/strong>\u00a0that is formed at the lower region of the neck.<\/p>\n<p>(\u2026 it looks like a protruding bone at the base of the neck!)<\/p>\n<p><em>(<strong>Note<\/strong>: The term \u201cDowager\u2019s Hump\u201d is sometimes referred to as\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.posturedirect.com\/how-to-fix-a-hunchback-posture\/\">Thoracic Hyperkyphosis<\/a>\u00a0(Hunchback Posture). In this blog post, it is specifically referred to as Hyperkyphosis of the Cervicothoracic junction.)<\/em><\/p>\n<p>It is also nicknamed as having a \u201cBuffalo Hump\u201d or \u201cNeck Hump\u201d.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/posturedirect.com\/fix-dowagers-hump\/#5\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">http:\/\/posturedirect.com\/fix-dowagers-hump\/#5<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I am a physiotherapist who is passionate about everything to do with posture. Let&#8217;s fix your posture.. It is an\u00a0enlarged prominence\u00a0that is formed at the lower region of the neck. (\u2026 it looks like a protruding bone at the base of the neck!) (Note: The term \u201cDowager\u2019s Hump\u201d is sometimes referred to as\u00a0Thoracic Hyperkyphosis\u00a0(Hunchback Posture). &hellip; <\/p>\n<p class=\"link-more\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.tomgrimshaw.com\/tomsblog\/?p=17706\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;HOW TO FIX A DOWAGER\u2019S HUMP&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5,6],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-17706","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-general-interest","category-health-tips"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.tomgrimshaw.com\/tomsblog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17706","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.tomgrimshaw.com\/tomsblog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.tomgrimshaw.com\/tomsblog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.tomgrimshaw.com\/tomsblog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.tomgrimshaw.com\/tomsblog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=17706"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/www.tomgrimshaw.com\/tomsblog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17706\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":51662,"href":"https:\/\/www.tomgrimshaw.com\/tomsblog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17706\/revisions\/51662"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.tomgrimshaw.com\/tomsblog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=17706"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.tomgrimshaw.com\/tomsblog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=17706"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.tomgrimshaw.com\/tomsblog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=17706"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}