A dowager's hump is a visible rounded protrusion at the junction of the neck and upper back, caused by a combination of postural misalignment, spinal compression, and soft tissue changes at the cervicothoracic junction.
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A neck hump is a postural deformity where the tissue at the base of the skull or top of the spine becomes visibly raised due to chronic forward head alignment and muscle imbalance.
Glute inhibition is a condition where the gluteal muscles become neurologically underactive due to sustained sitting, reducing their ability to fire correctly during movement and leaving the lower back and hip flexors to compensate.
Hip flexor pain when sitting is discomfort or tightness in the muscles at the front of the hip that occurs when these muscles become shortened, overloaded, or inflamed from sustained seated positions.
