A healthy spine has neutral curves in the sagittal plane that offset each other, called kyphosis in the thoracic spine or lordosis in the lumbar area. (yogauonline.com)
She is in fact the opposite of kyphosis because she is contracting her postural muscles (erector spinae) and since her shoulders are back in a retracted position she is working her lower and middle traps and rhomboids. (nutritiousmovement.com)
«Children need to learn that just because a child may be physically impaired does not mean he's mentally impaired,» says Jacqueline Lambert - Kupstas, mom of a boy with kyphosis, a spinal deformity. (babycenter.com)