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Scoliosis

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watermeadow Mon 08-Aug-22 18:06:02

My back has got very bent although, thank goodness, it doesn’t hurt. My mother was the same but suffered terrible pain.
I keep telling myself to stand up straight but I soon forget. Has anyone else got the classic hump-backed-old-crone look and is there anything to be done about it?

PollyDolly Mon 08-Aug-22 18:21:51

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Charleygirl5 Tue 09-Aug-22 12:28:15

I doubt very much if you have scoliosis unless that was diagnosed by a doctor. It is a curvature of your spine, usually but not always slightly lower.

It sounds as though you have a dowager's hump, usually caused by poor posture and/or osteoporosis.