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Please advise if it's okay if i'm constantly holding my shoulders back when i sit and when i walk?

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It's ok.: It's probably ok, because it may be helping your posture. Most of us tend to lean forward, or round our shoulders forward, so pulling them back is usually a good thing.

Answered 3/27/2014

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