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- Hi folks, I'm Bob Schrupp, physical therapist.
- Brad Heineck, physical therapist.
- And we are the most famous
physical therapists on the internet.
- In our own opinion, of course, Bob.
- Today we're going to go over a simple way
to improve your hunchback posture while you sleep.
- You really can't beat that, Bob.
- No you can't, because it's idiot-proof, to some extent.
- We'll talk about that. - We'll figure that out later.
- Let's carry on.
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- All right, so, when you have hunchback posture,
basically what we're talking about here, can I stand?
Usually you have, like, do you want to show it on me, Brad?
- Yeah, okay.
- Rounded upper back.
- Yep, and you'll see that.
It's kind of hard if you have good posture to get into it,
but Bob's doing a pretty good job.
The shoulders round forward--
- And then your head tends to be like this--
- So you can see where you're going.
- Forward head. Yep.
And then the shoulders tend to round out.
- Yeah.
- They tend to round out like this
and you end up being like this.
This is a little bit of an exaggeration maybe,
but some people this isn't too far off.
- Right, yeah.
- We need to get the neck back.
We need to put kind of a counter force here.
- Right, so I could put my head there
and go like this to Bob. - Oh jeez
- And that's what we're looking for.
Some pressure there and --
- Why? I'm the one that's gonna say why Brad?
- Well, I thought it was --
- And then -- - It's a good example.
- And then you're gonna pull the shoulders back.
So what I do, and Brad thinks
I'm a little wacky for doing this--
- Well, that's just normal.
- So I take a throw pillow,
"Today is a good day to have a good day"
and you put it on the bed.
And because I have a pillow, I use two pillows
behind me when I sleep even on my back.
- Right, 'cause your head's higher because of this.
- This, right.
- And if you had head forward posture,
your head maybe a little bit contracted that way
and you won't be able to sleep
if your head is not supported.
- So I lay on my back here.
Can you see how this would actually give kind of a
counter force to that upper back.
Instead of being rounded out like this,
it's going in the opposite direction.
- Now Bob, that's exactly why I poked my head
in the middle of your back.
So my, that pillow represents my head
and the gravity represents me pulling your shoulders back.
I think it's an excellent analogy, don't you?
- How am I ever gonna sleep again
now that I'm gonna be picturing Brad's head behind my back?
- Whatever Bob (laughs).
- So, alright the other thing it's doing,
it's actually pulling my shoulders back too.
You see that Brad?
- Yeah, the gravity. - Can you point that out?
Yeah, so it's actually putting a little bit of stretch
on my chest while I'm sleeping.
- Right.
- And then, the neck is fine, right?
'Cause I'm not forward head. - Right.
- I got it back.
- You maybe, maybe even one --
- You might be able to get,
yeah you might be able to get one.
This one's think enough that I would only go with this one.
- Right. - You're right.
- You have to adjust it to your comfort, you'll know.
Bob, your tie.
- So then, okay then when you're sleeping on your side,
normally what you do, you sleep on your side
and you lay right on the shoulder which what?
Rounding it out again.
- Promoting that posture that you don't want.
So instead, you take the throw pillow,
and you create a little canal;
Brad's amazed I can do this in the middle of my sleep
when I do this, but I do.
And now you put this here,
and now there's not stress on the shoulder.
It's not getting pulled around.
You can actually keep your back and keep it in good posture.
And then lay on the pillow like this.
- Then you might have to have the pillow
- The second pillow.
- when you're on your side.
It all depends, every ones body's different and what not.
- I have like one normal pillow
then I have a real thin pillow underneath it too.
- And then your throw pillow.
- And then my throw pillow.
- So you actually do this on a
nightly basis. - Oh absolutely!
Absolutely, and
I am, because I'm tall I really do have a tendency
to get curled over.
- Well, yeah.
- I mean we all do,
but I mean seriously when I'm talking to people.
If I'm like this, you're down here, I --
- Right.
- So I have to, you know (laughing)
- I can just --
- Its the plight of the tall man.
- Right.
- You didn't realize there --
- What do you think Goddess has to do, he's seven foot.
- Yeah that's right, the Greek Freak.
Alright, so I think we've made our point.
Give it a shot, see what you think.
Let us know in the comments below what your thoughts are.
- Right.
- And tell Brad to quit molesting me with his head.
- Did they really call him the Greek Freak.
- Yeah, yeah that's acceptable Brad.
- That's not mean?
- No, no like --
- It sounds mean to me.
- No like, have you ever heard of that one football player,
he used to always call himself the freak.
- Oh, oh really.
Then it's alright.
Alright well --
- Randy Moss! Randy Moss.
- Oh yeah.
Say no more.
- Alright, thanks for watching.