Huff Post reports that many people spend hundreds of hours each month hunched over and staring down at one device or another.

This kind of poor posture can lead to consequences like back pain, neck pain and even an acquired round-shouldered posture known as a dowager’s hump, said Nnaemeka Echebiri, MD, physiatrist at HSS. 

A dowager’s hump (or hunchback, clinically known as kyphosis) is a curvature at the bottom of the neck that creates a sort of slouching posture. “It’s often due to poor posture over time,” explained Dr. Echebiri.

First, if you do work a desk job, it’s important to have an ergonomic setup, said Dr. Echebiri.

“There are a lot of ways that you can do this, but adjusting your screen height can be really important so that you’re not looking down at your screen or keyboard too often,” he said.

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