Slumping Posture, Dowager’s Hump (mid and upper back kyphosis, or hunching, or hunchback):  A condition in which the head has moved further forward from the chest (FHP – see neck area) and portions of the lower neck and the upper and mid back have begun to bow outward.  Although some causes may hinge on chronic posture and nutritional and bone calcium deficiencies, from a chiropractic bioimechanical perspective, this area of the spine has begun to bow outward because the normal forward (lordotic) shock absorbing curve in the neck has been lost to some degree.  Or, an inordinate amount of the weight of the head is now improperly carried by this lower neck/upper back area, and it consequently begins to bow under the extra weight, particularly if the postural muscles in this area are weak.  Often restoration of this normal forward neck curve along with strengthening the neck and upper back postural muscles is enough to lessen or completely reverse this condition.  Most of this work can be done by the patient at home, with some visits to the chiropractor to assist in freeing long standing spinal pressures in this area.