- What is Kyphosis? What Causes Hunching?
The word kyphosis means the curvature of the spine facing forward, that is, the spine that occurs when the person is viewed from the side and is popularly known as “hunchback”. It is the state of increased curvature towards the back, which is called.
In fact, all normal people have a slight hump in the back part of the spine, that is, a curvature with the opening facing forward. Of course, the normal concavities in the neck and waist part of the spine, that is, the curvatures of the spine with the opening facing backwards; Humpbacks may occur as it first straightens and then reverses.
Sometimes, there is the aesthetic and psychological discomfort caused by this curvature, sometimes there are complaints caused by the compression of the lungs by the curvature in question, and sometimes there are pain and discomfort caused by the curvature. Due to the extra disorders that develop due to the curvature of the spine disrupting the dynamic movements of the spine, the humpbacks of these patients may need to be corrected with a surgery performed by an experienced surgeon.
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