Slumping Shoulders:  Slumping shoulders often go hand in hand with forward head posture (FHP, see neck area).   Both are clear indicators of weak postural muscles and both place excessive stress and strain on the entire spine and body, leading to postural deterioration, pain and loss of normal ranges of motion elsewhere in the body, as well as lower back pain.   Slumping shoulders cause the chest to cave, thereby decreasing our oxygen intake which then affects our brain function, overall energy level and emotional state.  It also, in decreasing our lung capacity, slows the transfer of air in and out of the lungs, increasing the onset and length of colds, bronchial and lung infections. (And you thought it was only about looks!)  Thorough postural muscle evaluation and subsequent strengthening of the weak postural muscles will correct slumping shoulders and its ever present cohort, FHP, restoring stronger stature and improved body vitality. At Gilbert Chiropractic, this sort of correction is a specialty of ours.