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aving a hunched back may likely
reduce your ability to scratch your
back, but it is not associated with
upper back or neck pain. An Australian systematic review published in Manual Therapy did not find a strong association between the curvature of the thoracic spine and shoulder pain — or more specifically subacromial pain syndrome (SAPS) — based on ten studies.
Although hunching may not be a risk factor to shoulder pain, it does not mean it is a causation of pain. Sometimes kyphosis may have an association with upper back pain or shoulder pain for a certain population, but it is not necessarily the blame as the evidence suggests. Like neck pain and low back pain, shoulder pain is very likely to be multifaceted, stemming from a mix of pathology, cognition, beliefs, emotions, experience, and physiology.
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Thoracic Kyphosis Not Likely Associated With Upper Back and Neck Pain: Systematic Review
ross education
works with foam
rolling in
increasing ankle
dorsiflexion temporarily on the opposite calf of the leg that is being rolled on. A small study (n=26) published in The International Journal of Sports Physical Therapy found that foam rolling improves ankle dorsiflexion for at least 20 minutes on the limb that is rolled on and up to 10 minutes on the opposite limb that has not been foam rolled.
However, future studies should have larger sample sizes, and clinicians should be blinded. This study may have type 1 error due to lack of any blinding.
Foam Rolling on Calf Increases Flexibility on Opposite Ankle
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