Why do old women get hunched backs?
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The hunched back is called kyphosis.  Kyphosis is a curving of the spine that causes a bowing of the back, which leads to a hunchback or slouching posture.\n\nIn adults, kyphosis can be a result of osteoporotic compression fractures (fractures caused by osteoporosis), degenerative disease (such as arthritis), or spondylolisthesis (slipping of one vertebra forward on another).  http://www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/ency/article/001240.htm
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You are either doing something incorrectly and straining your back or you are using muscles that are not used to being used, in that case you will eventually break them in.
1163502
There is less hormone prodution in an old body.
1006146
If your shoulders slump forward and you slouch, that curve is called a kyphosis. Posture has a lot to do with it, sometimes genetics do as well. There are certain diseases that cause an increase in that curve or a "hump" in your upper back. But assuming you are healthy then you just need to increase your muscle tone in your mid back and the back of your shoulders, and do some chest stretches to be sure you aren't rolling your shoulders forward. Don't slouch when  you sit and don't sleep with a lot of pillows under your head.
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I GUESS IT MUST BE AS WHEN I GAVE BIRTH TO MY FIRST CHILD AT THE AGE OF 19, I DISCOVERED TO MY AMAZEMENT THAT I HAD GONE FROM 5' 2.25" TO 5' 3" AND AFTER MY SECOND CHILD WHEN I WAS 24, I WENT UP TO 5' 3.5" AND HAVE REMAINED THERE FOR THE LAST 17 YEARS ALSO POSTURE HELPS A LOT ESPECIALLY IF YOU GET A "DOWAGERS HUMP" THEN EXERCISING THE UPPER BODY WILL HELP AS I HAVE SEEN THE RESULTS ON AN OLD WOMAN!!
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If your 69 it DOES matter.  My Mother is 69 and looking good is as important to her now as it was when she was 25, even more so!  You wouldn't believe the men that look at her (even while w/my Dad, married 47 years)  She says she doesn't notice but I do! (35)   She does the simplest things, as your watching TV, talking on the phone, standing in line, walking, anything..breathe deeply and hold in your stomache, keep holding but breathe normally, count to 10, release.  It's amazing that while doing normal stuff you can make a difference in your waistline and abdomen.  She does her own yoga, (stretching and holding).  She is not a gym go-er so I can't give advice on that but feeling good at 69 feels better than feeling good in your earlier years, you appreciate it more!  (I've also seen her lie on her back with feet raised for a period of time, she used to complain about her lower stomache sticking out...gone)
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yes all the time!  I believe this would be caused by bad posture.  it tugs on your neck and shoulder muscles.  sit up straigt and take some breaks in between, get up walk around do some stretches, it should alleviate some pressure.
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Well for support for your back ..good posture...cleavage to look slimmer in shirts
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the same reason old people get glasses.....as we get older our bodies are not in the same shape they were in when we were younger...
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It's called perimenopause
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As a 28 year old young woman with scoliosis I have a lot of experience with back pain. The fact that the pain is radiating down to your thigh makes me think it is related to you sciatic nerve. What I have found the most helpful is yoga and pilates. The controlled movements of yoga not only strengthen your back and abdominal muscles but they also provide flexibility and stretching to the core muscles that have a huge influence on spine health. I am looking for a yoga class right now for this very reason. After physicians keep telling me to simply take ibuprofen/aleve/etc... It can get very frustrating. Especially when none of those drugs can touch the pain! I wish you the best!
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You have to work your back muscles daily. I talked to a natural nutritionist who said scoliosis is caused by a bacteria formed and settled around the spine, then as it grows it causes your spine to curve.  dAlot of working out, the stronger the muscle the straightrt the spine.
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Sounds to me like your back is out of place. I would go to a competent chiropractor and have him check you out.
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this may be caused by stress but also the way you sit and your posture could be related to this problem ,such as try to make more of a pelvic tilt when you sit and not to slouch and try to draw your shoulders back, also massage could release tension in these areas if this continues.
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Probably compensation for an unnatural move...it doesn't feel right, so your body tries to compensate for it.
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The muscles have a certain muscle tone (partial contraction) which keeps the body upright instead of limp. This is all your muscles, not just in your back. However, your back does have the long muscles running down your spinal chord (the name escapes me currently which makes me sad). Also, your leg muscles will partially contract to keep your legs upright.\n\nUnless you're dead, medicated, or paralyzed - your muscles will always have a partial contraction (aka tone).
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breast are primarily composed of adipose tissue which means that they do not tighten. They sag w/ age because the suspensory ligaments that hold your breast in place lose their elasticity thus the outcome is a sagging boob. When women gain weight, the breasts are usually the first place of any anotomy getting bigger.  This puts more stress on those suspensory ligaments and don't forget that little thing called gravity.