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How can I remember to hold my shoulders back?

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fancythat Fri 22-Aug-25 18:53:40

I stuck mirrors in most rooms.
Did the trick for me. Kept catching sight of myself, and corrected myself.

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MayBee70 Fri 22-Aug-25 18:52:44

When I walk anywhere I put a small rucksack on my back and fill it with cans of baked beans! My son took a photo of me on the beach with the grandchildren at Easter and I was completely hunched over…sad.

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Supernana1 Fri 22-Aug-25 18:48:18

I've always had rounded shoulders and a hunchy back. I remember in my teens and twenties my mother constantly saying 'Stand up straight' or 'Head up, chest out', even though to be honest she also had a habit of hunching her shoulders.

Now at 78 I see myself in a shop window and think 'Oh lord, I'm all hunched over again'. I look so much better when my shoulders are back, but I can't remember to keep them there.

Many years ago, a physio stuck a giant X of sticky tape on my back to try to keep my shoulders back, but all that did was stick to my clothes.

Is there any way of forcing myself to remember to keep my shoulders back?

I don't think there is. It's the habit of a lifetime.

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