Avoid this exercise if you have hunchback posture

Have hunchback posture? Find out why you should NOT be doing this common yoga exercise that people say is supposed to help hunchback posture!

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In this video, Matt talks about the yoga position cat-cow and explains why it's NOT a good idea if you have hunchback posture. If you do this exercise to fix hunchback posture the conventional way, you can actually make your hunchback worse. By modifying this exercise, you can make it a more effective way to fix your kyphosis/hunchback.

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[stu-]

Spot on! This moves the focus to the actual area we want to improve.

[ishantrivedi]

Thanks a million man. My gym trainer used to make me do this. All it did was mess with my lumbar spine and had no effect on the thoracic spine.

[michaelbeauparlant]

To be honest with you! I didn't like doing this exercise in yoga class. I knew it was no good for my kyphosis! thank you for verifing that forme.

[toriwolf]

Thank you so much your helping thousands of people everyday. you are my go to guy now, subbed please please keep sharing these wonderful exercises, doing these everyday with you lol

[cinnamongirl]

Very informative. Thank you for the modifications.

[MartyMcGrime]

I quite like that exercise with neck flexion. Isolates the thoracic extensors even more. Top job

[varinderjitkaur]

came straight on point, really appreciate 👏

[leonw.]

Thanks a lot for making me aware of this!!!

[fritsvanzanten]

I think people with these minds of issues 'suffer' from 'poor' sense of what their muscles do. I saw several video's on this specific topic now, but often you are supposed to notice and be able to distinguish the midback and lower back muscles, in sensing as well as in commanding. That makes them very hard to do without professional guidance, and even then it might take weeks to get a sense of (distinguished) control (comparable with moving your ringfinger and pinkie independently). So this excercise is helpful, I think, because it does not only rely purely on guiding your will to address the specific muscles to be trained.

[liraven]

Your videos are top notch! Concise and articulate- thank you!!

"Camera one camera two" lol

[justmejo]

Such good info! Thanks for your help ✌🏻️

[brewsterpondproductions]

this more great than you know. MANY THANKS

[olyasorokina]

Thanks, I had a hunch )) that cat cow was not doing much good for me. It’s nice find validation.

[TheJakub]

thats was a fucking great video, im starting to realize that your shit is off the rictor scale solid shit!

[riatiamaria]

So good to know! I'd been told that cat cow would have been amazing for my posture. Thank you for breaking it down and showing how to make it work for me. :)

[RinpochesRose]

Looks like a Stretching Sitting Cat. Cool Name ?! 😸

[didagencheva]

Thank you for this video! It is very helpful! Could you please tell me do the exercises helpful for dowager's hump. When the hump is actually fatty storage on the cervical vertabra.

[pmaz-]

Makes perfect sense. Will try it out. Thank you!

[rachkate]

I’ve never been able to do flexion only extension on cat-cow anyway?
My back stays flat and my lumbar spine tightens up.

[lestatlover]

Oh shit, I loved this position, it felt good for back pain ☹️