I would suggest Rolfing, Structural Integration or something along that line.
Remedial massage therapy may help improve the quality of life for someone with Dowager's hump. It will not correct the problem, especially if it has progressed to a severe degree. What massage can do is help the muscles associated with their posture and make them more comfortable and relieve some of the discomfort and pain associated with it.
A dowagers hump is a curvature at the base of the neck that develops in older people causing their head to move forward and preventing them from looking up.
dowagers hump does not appear in horses. they can however be 'roach backed'. Where the back is a bit raised and uncomfortable. This is typically a training or conformational defect.
A dowager is a woman of advanced age and may have a tendency to hunch her shoulders thus giving her an appearance she has a bit of a hump.
It is not conclusive, irrefutable proof but, most would accept that the presence of a dowager's hump it is a very strong indication that you are osteoporotic.
Kysphosis, commonly known as dowagers hump, is related with osteoporosis. Its the thinning of the bones. It can be hereditary. Weak areas compress through the back, causing pain. Though, it could be other things, like a fatty hump, or worst comes to worst, a toomer. You might want to get it checked. If it is a toomer, keep in mind that toomers are cancerous, and, well, that's not very good. Best of health mate.
It would suggest that the spine running through the chest area(Thoracic region) has increased is curve giving possibly due to Arthritic condition or other problem I think this was common in elderly women and was called a dowagers hump.
Sometimes a dowager's hump is caused simply by bad posture. I've heard but can't say for certain that mild cases of this kind can be treated with physical therapy and exercise.Is this true?
Certainly. Treat it the same as you do NiCds
You need to see an endocrinologist. You probably have excess cosrtisol in your blood. Moonface usually accompanies buffalo hump. This is called cushings syndrome
Everyone has a hump.
Horse backriding is good because 1. You can exercise you and the horse your riding 2. It is used for physicle therapy 3. It's fun! and you can hump it like crazy