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What muscles do i have to workout to help postural kyphosis?

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Orthopedic Spine Surgery 42 years experience

Core exercisea: Yoga and pilates are good examples of core workouts.

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If a person has postural clean kyphosis then what would be hes/shes maximum curvature of postural kyphosis ?! 50 or 75 degree? Or less or more?

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Hi im 21yrs of age i want ur help to correct my postural kyphosis, i got it due to bending in front of laptop, bad sitting posture at school, ...?

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