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kyphosis
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kyphosis

Exaggerated outward curvature of the upper spine, causing a hunched appearance. It is usually due to spinal disease, arthritis, or bad posture.



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I point out sagging upper arm skin, upper lip wrinkles, a thickening middle, stubby fat thighs, decreased manual dexterity, a small dowager's hump, easily bruised skin, slightly decreased hearing ability, and some loss of foot padding.
Beyond ageism: teaching feminist gerontology by Cruikshank, Margaret / Radical Teacher
Gail Greendale, professor of medicine and geriatrics, had a yoga class designed for elderly women with hyperkyphosis, a curvature of the spine also known as dowager's hump.
HEALTHY TWIST DOCTORS DISCOVER THE HEALING POWER OF YOGA by Daily News (Los Angeles, CA)
Her rounded back, sometimes referred to as dowager's hump, probably comes from multiple compression fractures in her vertebrae.
Osteoporosis & Women's Health by National Women's Health Report
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