Forward Head Posture and Anxiety (Posture Correction Therapy)
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- Опубліковано 31 тра 2020
- Forward head posture or computer posture is where your chin juts in front of your chest causing neck strain.
Aside from causing neck and shoulder pain, could forward head posture and anxiety be connected?
The short answer? Is yes. And I’m going tell you how that works in this video.
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“Act your way into a new way of thinking, instead of thinking your way into a new way of acting” or something like that. Excellent vid.
I absolutely love what you said.
Or fake it till you make it!
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I’ve been working on my posture forever. Standing so open and ‘confident’ is so uncomfortable and I feel very vulnerable.. probably why I fall back into poor posture. It is a mindset and it is a mental workout and physical challenge. Thanks for this great video that really encapsulates everything I’ve been struggling with. There is a lot going on beyond ‘sit up straight’ and will take time and gentle practice. First time anyone has ever ‘got’ how I feel about how I carry myself.
Same with me! I fixed my posture during the pandemic. I got my shoulders to naturally roll backwards, strengthened my back and neck, and felt the positive effects. But when I started going out into social situations again I noticed that I would go back to my bad posture. And though I would try to myself to use good posture, it was/is still so psychologically uncomfortable.
@@ashleyrocke4144 can you give more info on how you fixed your shoulders and posture!?
@@drs9675 I'm a former gymnast so I knew what kind of posture is proper and which muscles are involved. Basically you want to do what this lady said, where you tilt your chest up (which feels weird and like you're showing off your chest if you're a woman, but it's definitely better for you and looks normal).
You also want to roll your shoulders up and back, which takes some back strength so if you want to work on that you can do rows and pull ups. Otherwise just continue to hold that position. It really does get exhausting but after the first week it feels a lot better. You can breathe better and you feel more productive.
When you're standing you should tuck in your butt a little bit. You should also slightly bend your knees and lean your weight onto your toes instead of your heels (so much better for your lower back).
Doing neck stretches will help your shoulder, neck and back posture.
I recommend you do more research if you don't really understand. It's a little bit hard to describe and lots of resources include pictures. This video is really good: ua-cam.com/video/t-_FktIQfp4/v-deo.html. While I disagree with her reasoning and don't think she knows a lot about the body in general given that she's a teenage girl, the exercises are helpful and this posture is really what you want.
In terms of motivation, the process of fixing your posture is not something that should take up every single thought of yours every time you're not laying down. Just ease into it. Start with engaging your core and sitting straight. Then work on your chest and shoulders. Then work on your neck and so on. You might feel stiff for a few days but, like I said, it'll get better after about a week and you'll feel much stronger because of it. You are doing this for you, not anyone else. It's just a nice thing to have good posture so don't put too much pressure on yourself (coming from a person who can get unhealthily obsessed and stressed about this kind of thing.)
I used to have perfect posture, nearly all of my life. The past couple of years, though, horrible horrible. And pains. I feel like the weight of all of the bad stuff that happened in my life and to my children pulls me down, and not just emotionally but I feel it in my bones. Hopefully this video will help me create a future more optimistic like I used to be!
Physical therapy for shoulder helped my pasture alot
6:18 is where she tells you how to properly fix your posture
Plus deep breathing helps!
Thanks
I wish I read this comment earlier
I think my poor posture is due to childhood trauma and weight issues. I'm hoping that if I start exercising,stretching and eating better things might line up again
You can rebuild and rewire entirely. Many people have successfully done it. As long as you want that and are doing that for yourself your subconscious mind will take the order and rebuild you. You have all new cells every so often anyways, so it really doesn'tatter how to rebuild you as long as its more or less consistent with your dna.
"Fitness With Cindy'' channel has great 'senior stretch' video. The first time I did it, I just did the first few minutes. Now I do that or Cindy's 'senior strength video almost daily. Even 2-3 minutes will help.
Highly recommend intermittent fasting and emdr work. This has helped me and continues to help me 😊
They will, trust me i know. Dont give up
I recommend checking out crappy childhood fairy. For working on you childhood trauma. I'm learning that mental healing is important to long term health and fitness.
Wow, I have bad full body posture, I don't breathe deeply enough, and I have an issue with invasive negative thoughts and memories. Didn't think that these were all connected like a domino chain. This is literally the answer to all my problems
Same!!!
1. Start breathwork, yoga and/or qigong.
2. Non dual spirituality.
3. Live foods and pure water
4. Do it now. Start living truly Today. This life is for freedom.
breathwork is great but look up Dr Pete Walker
facts, this solved a lot of problems indeed
@@Liloldliz I know his name but have a brain injury and can't remember why
These past few years I have suspected that I walk kind of hunched forward because I developed breasts so quickly when I was young. (Double D by age 12.) It was embarrassing and I didn't like the attention, so I got used to a hunched position to kind of hide. Now I realize how true that really is. It was my anxiety trying to camouflage my body in kind of a standing fetal position. 🤔
super super common
Me too
omg i did the same thing when my breasts grew! that's where my slouch originated
Yup same here!
I thought you were talking about me ! Same, word for word.
My grandma used to tell me: "How do you expect to achieve great things in life when you stand like this?" It makes perfect sense now and shows me once again my grandma knows things 😊 Superb video!
“Lift up your hearts to the Lord!” Yeah. It’s been what they told us all along. I love when that happens.
YES ! There are SO many literally instructions in the Bible that we don't pay attention to ! Thank You for reminding us of this .
Realizing many years ago that deep, slow, abdominal breathing could gradually relax me in the face of an ensuing panic attack has been absolutely crucial.
I am very happy to hear the importance of breathing underlined in this video.
Seeing the connection between posture and anxiety is somewhat new to me.
It’ll be very helpful knowledge going forward.
Thank you very much!
Yes I agree!!! Weight lifting with good form has also helped me a lot. Even though I don't do it enough lol
I've been fighting with my posture for the last 30 years. Then while browsing UA-cam, I come across "a quick two second tip" (actually about 5 seconds found at at 6:21-26).
24 hours later I'm feeling like this bit of advice might change my life in a big way.
Just want to express my thanks.
How has it been for ya?
Same, i've tried many many things, doctors also said many many things, i struggle breathing and existing but this felt so good i even got a bit emotional. WHen i did this exercise that's when i realized how much tension was on my stirnum. The crazy thing is that I feel problems everywhere else but there, but i've never felt so much relief in my life. It's my first time doing this i hope this resolves my most serious problems. Does anyone know how long should i hold the posture?
And the way to support lifting your sternum, especially for someone completely unused to this, is to activate and engage your abdominal muscles. If you lift your sternum and engage your abdomen you can feel it act like a support for the sternum and feel how much easier it is to maintain your posture. An activated abdomen will also naturally need to be balanced by an activated back, which together will do wonders to support good posture in all aspects.
If you're used to having a forward posture, when you lift your sternum, if you keep your shoulders relaxed you will feel them naturally settle back like they are seated in a chair, without having to pull them back at all.
Should I always keep my sternum high or should I do it only for the exercise
I have a high anxiety and severe head forward posture .
Same here. I've committed to building up muscle and strength in my upper body to correct my posture, which will hopefully remediate some of my heart palpitations/anxiety.
How you now ?
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I am a Pilates teacher and former dancer ,so of course I look at alignment all the time. I ,and my clients ,have found your videos to be very helpful. We tend to work toward balanced muscle development but sometimes.get busy and don't consider the emotional components enough. Your channel has been really helpful for those of us with anxiety issues. THANKS!
I am a Physical Therapist who's been practicing for over 30 years, and I also had an abusive parent growing up. I have worked on my posture for 30 years, and I have always been convinced that my (and my younger sister's) posture developed out of a subconscious need for self- protection, but also to become less noticeable or to "disappear" when the abusive behavior started. Thank you for confirming my suspicions, and for introducing me to the link between anxiety and Upper Cross Syndrome!
Interesting insights. Thank you for sharing!
this is literally going to change everything. i just pressed where you said and it was instant relief
face position also helps. the trick is to bring eyes in a level position (or slightly looking upward) with what we're seeing. this helps with tight throat and I could adjust body posture more easily. (also be able to think more slowly instead of rushing, putting emotions--especially anxiety--to neutral.)
It can and I often direct people to look up and gaze around the horizon when they have a tendency to stand/walk with their eyes on the ground. However, I've also seen people hold their chests up by lifting their chins and looking upward. So for some people, "look up" simply activates the wrong muscle patterns.
Finally someone who says the same tricks as we do in vocal coaching. You rock!
This was the most natural tip given to correct posture. Thank you so much!
Something which really helped me understanding the exercises you suggest at the end is visualisation of feet pushing down through the floor and head being pulled up through the spine. It really gave me perception of how posture involves the whole-body
This correction is going to help me so much. Thank you! I'm a very shy person. I work and speak when I have to, but socializing gives me so much anxiety. I was at the grocery store yesterday nervous about speaking to an employee and standing with my computer posture throughout. It helps to know I'm not alone. Glad to hear confirmation as well that my emotions and posture are related. Thanks for this video!
Very true!!!
I read the connection between the body and the mind in “How the body knows its mind” …. This is very helpful 😃
you are amazing! I've started your "Pain Free at Any Age" videos and I am truly fascinated. Thank you -- I am learning so much and will look at my self and life so differently now with this information.
Thanks a lot for this video! I am going through a really difficult period of my life and recently feel pretty desperate about everything including my posture and neck pains. But it was such a relief to hear that a person can control own posture by small actions and that this action can make difference for overall mood. Now I intend to watch my body if it helps to feel better. Thanks again!
Thanks for this video. I have had horrible posture most my life. Was always told at the dinner table "sit up straight". Over the years it has given me shoulder pain. Went to physiotherapist to fix my rotator cuff. I lie on my back with half a pool noodle down my spine. This helps put my shoulder blades back and put my head in proper position. After doing this for a couple weeks I noticed I was happier and less depressed. My anxiety lessened. Never connected the 2 until now.
Hi Sukie, thanks for this video. I watched it yesterday and have been applying and practicing the little adjustment you explained since then and it has totally changed how I think about standing straight and even breathing when lying down and sitting. At first I thought “wow you’re pushing you breast out military style, I’m missing something”… then I tried it! Thinking about where my collarbone meets , that point you described, actually relaxes that area and pulling it up really really helps balance out everything as well as break up adhesions finally. Truly amazing! I have cervical dystonia from a total thyroidecyomy that was extremely painful and traumatic and if it wasn’t for all the psychological trauma a of the surgery I would be much better today… indeed I am the poster boy of holding tension physically due to how I feel mentally. It’s kind of a gift how connected I am to my body. Oh lastly that collarbone area I never think about. I avoid thinking or putting any attention there since it’s a “bad” part of my body where tons of tension originates… indeed connecting neurologicallly with that area by thinking of it is extremely interesting! Sorry if I am not being clear and sound rambling I am not feeling well today and am using voice diction . Thank you!!
As a HUGE thank you, I sat through ALL ads including the 22 minuet one! 💕
Thank you so much for your video! This is exactly why simple physio exercises have always felt so useless to me, especially when my brain says being curled up actually protects me. This video was randomly suggested to me and then I see your channel focuses on the polyvagal theory. This is what I’m here for!! Thank you for making this crucial information so accessible!
I’m a mental health therapist and this is so well said! ❤️
I can't even tell you how empowering this knowledge has been for me
This video just changed my life. Thank you.
This helped me further my thesis on jaw asymmetry and mental health. Thank you
This makes so much sense.. since 8th grade I’ve had that head forward posture and have delt with sooo much anxiety, depression, pain and brain fog. Cant wait to fix my posture permanently. Thank you for your wisdom🙏🧡
How u now ?
I officially love you!!!! Lol!
I have been riddled with auto immune diseases and CFS/Fybro but am dealing with the emotional stuff now and begun to feel grateful for it (seeing it as a blessing instead of being a victim of it) and along with medication beginning to feel great. I'm so excited I've found your channel.
I was so lucky to have this video in my recommendations. Wish I knew about this years ago. I wonder why doctors don't even mention that even I have consulted tens. This video is a huge puzzle piece in my self help journey and explained many of issues I have. Can't thank you enough for sharing this with us.
Congratulations on an excellent and very informative video. I get anxiety and depression, I'm on the mend and was researching root causes. A lot of what you said made so much sense to me. The research gets deeper. Thank you ☺
THIS IS EXCELLENT! I've been seeing a physical therapist for weeks & this topped him in 7 1/2 minutes!🤗
try a chiropractor!
@Jason Hardin find a PT who is holistic. Insurance dictates how much time they get to spend and how much continuing Ed they can get.
Thank you very much! Love the way you present information!
Such a great video -- I love how you always give these easy visuals to get the message! This is my daughter through and through (she struggles with intense anxiety), I've watched her develop into this stanceas she's grown, and struggle with what I now see is incorrectly 'correcting' it when trying to help her! Thank you, going to watch this with her!
Wow all these years I've known my posture was bad and I have always like others try to puppy my shoulders back, you showing and explaining how to actually do this is awesome. It's actually helping my back pain as we speak just sitting properly like this, thanks.
Thank you so much. I've been noticing these things for a few years through yoga practice, sport and life in general. I had to realize how deeply emotional this is and how mindful, patient observation and movement was the one real cure for it. Thanks!!
Wooow finally someone that explains that correlation. I got really tired of those videos where they always said the same thing. We sit in front of the computer and look at our phones that why we have bad posture. No there is so much more to it, as you are showing in your video.
Really great!! ❤️👍👍
You’re so good at these videos, your voice, moderate pace that holds attention without going to fast or overwhelming, the amount of information is enough, and not too much. Good vibe, good energy, positive outlook... but still real, natural, organic, not trying too hard to be positive. You make things sound do-able, achievable. I’m impressed. Thanks a lot, I appreciate your sharing.
Sukie I am so glad I found your videos. You have helped me and many of my patients, Your simple techniques work immediately.
I figured this out a few years ago while improvising a kind of "walking Qigong," where I would close my eyes while taking a walk and try to make all my movements with the most relaxed body posture I could get into -- this requires a bit of autogenic training and consciously telling myself to relax each muscle group going up and down the whole body -- and what made the biggest difference was when I pushed my solar plexus up and forward... I had to relax the muscles below that area in order to free them up for this, but once all that was taken care of, it was like I could breathe into areas of my diaphragm that had been almost perpetually cut off for my entire adult life, and that instantly relaxed everything else even more. Still hard to maintain that posture, after a lifetime of bad habits.
Healing Back Pain: The Mind-Body Connection
This is a GREAT book that goes in depth at how our emotions, trauma, stress, etc. directly impact how we feel physically. It describes physical pain you might be feeling due to environmental stresses in our lives. Highly recommend!!
I couldn’t agree more! If you’re reading this please considering checking this book out 🙏
The divided mind, also by Dr. Sarno, is next on my list!
Isn’t that what Annie Grace used to treat alcohol use disorders!
Sarnosk’ book...the method...and actually doing it and following through (even though at the time I was out to prove how ridiculous it was) allowed me to cure myself of 25 years debilitating back pain. Seriously, it was a s is my own experience of an actual miracle. I was so bad sometimes I had to crawl out of my bed on all fours and slide myself to bathroom! One day I’d be fine, then next for no apparent reason I literally screamed in pain and couldn’t move. I did every exercise, took every supplement, saw every physio, chiro, therapist, surgeon....but the method in this book saved me. I have bought many copies over the years and given to friends who all had the same response, IF they completed the work. Sincere application and completion is the key. Thank you for this comment! And thank you for the wonderful video and pointing out the emotional connection to physical issues.
The Body Keeps The Score is a very good book about this topic.
@@SajalKishoreRastogi If you actually read Dr. Sarno's Healing Back Pain, you'll understand that it's very different to The Body Keeps The Score, which is more about treatments for trauma, not treatments for back pain. It is much more similar to Gabor Maté's "When The Body Says No", which is a very good book about this topic - the emotional/psychological causes of physical pain and diseases.
This video changed my life. Thank you for all your informative videos. love
This is me 100%. I experienced childhood trauma and as a result I have always struggled with low self esteem and confidence. My posture has always been caved in and I have always slept scrunched up in fetal position. That is until recently when my neck, mid back, lower back, and hips had enough. I have been in severe pain the last two months but I am seeing a chiropractor and rolfer, and only sleeping on my back. Thank you for the help and insight.
What a fantastic, coherent and information loaded video! Thank you! 🧡🌺
Idky you showed up in my suggestions. But I’m glad you did. I’m working on my posture. But I have never searched for videos on this 🤷🏻♀️
Thx so much 😏🙏😉☀️🧎🧘♀️
Thank you for the great information. Hope there is more forward head posture and anxiety tips in your channel.
Fixing foward head posture is a journey.. it took me 2 years of research and try and error to realise that my body was crooked to one side due to bad diaphragm breathing. I discovered PRI postural restauration. From there I finally see improvement and now I discover you channel and did some vagus nerve exercices... and I think I finally got it. yesterday I could feel my body completly relax in a parasympathic state. My right SCM finally shutdown. I'm so glad youtube exist. Special thank to you and Neil Hallinan.
Love your conversational style 🙏
I found that addressing my anterior pelvic tilt (most likely created along with forward head posture as a protective barrier as a result of a traumatic childhood) has helped correct my forward head posture. Years of ballet also help to keep an even more disastrous posture at bay - we are taught to imagine the top of our head (the highest point of the head in line with the ears) being pulled to the ceiling by a string. It should help to draw the chin down and the neck back in alignment with the spine :)
wow the tip at the end was amazing! this video opened my eyes
This is a very well explained video.
There is also another little known but surprisingly strong link between posture and anxiety: when the SCMs are put in overwork holding the head in place they can spasm and compress the vagus nerve passing right between the SCMs and the scalenes.
This will irritate the vagus and block or dampen their action, which includes things as diverse as lowering the heart rate, relaxing major blood vessels, promoting digestion and gut activity, and many more, the impairement of which is strongly related to stress and anxiety.
Promoting digestion? But anxiety does the opposite with digestion, doesn't it? I don't completely understand what you are saying
It also affects jaw, malocclusion in the jaw, and other issues, never mind the neck and back issues.
wow this was mind blowing! it all makes so much sense, thank you!
I've had PTSD for decades from a low back injury. I've recently developed severe arthritis in my upper back and neck, and I could just tell they were all related. Excellent info! JfOH
Thank you so much. This gave me a total understanding of why I feel the pain I do.
I appreciate this Sukie! Hello fellow beautiful humans. I held off on commenting for about 5 days because I wanted to see how it worked out. For a few days it was uncomfortable. I think I was moving my sternum up slightly too high and pushing my chest out a bit too much so that there was a slight uncomfortable struggle. It felt boot-campish. I eventually learned that It feels and looks right when I lift my sternum to just to the point before it starts to be a strain. I recommend asking other people how your posture looks.
I have this posture and have been desperate to try to fix it. This was very informative, thank you!
Now I know what I have been doing wrong, yes Emotional pain is physical pain.
This is great news. A real breakthrough! Thank you.
I've been going to an osteopath for the last year and a half or so. I had so many symptoms of pain and such severe migraines that would last for days sometimes weeks and doctors could find nothing wrong with Mr I went for MRI's Cat scans x-rays you name
My osteopath said it had to do with my posture, I worked construction so ya it was terrible, her treatment start in my mid section adjusting my organs and lungs, with slight adjustments to my neck to compensate the other movements she made. I was also introduced to the Vagas nerve and how it work.
I had never heard of this and thought when I started treatment I thought are you insane it my neck and back that hurt what are we doing?
But after 6 months I was feeling 80% better and now I am about 90% with full range of motion for the most part.
ALL the videos I've watched of yours described me perfectly.
You are spot on 100% in what you share in these videos..THANK YOU FOR PUTTING THEM OUT THERE
Doctors want to give you drugs to feel better this what you talk about actual will make you feel better 😀
Wow, this was fascinating! Thank you for sharing, I have subscribed ☺️
Oh wow! I have always had horrific posture, but in my thirties now (with a lot of mental stress) and I’ve noticed it’s effected my nerves in my hands and arms, causing them to go numb. Doctors said I was in no immediate health crisis, which left me frustrated and frightened! I started sleeping on my back because of it recently, and have noticed an improvement! That’s alleviated some anxiety as well, which really does physically make me feel better. Thanks for this clarifying video- makes perfect sense from my experiences!
I was anxious about nerves & circulation, I've found that sleeping with thick pillows under my head plus a large square pillow under my side helps somewhat, to remove pressure on my shoulder and arm
Working on my core strength has helped improve my posture.
I’ve noticed the benefits you’ve mentioned in improving neck mobility and strength. I added a neck protocol to my hip and scapula program. I’ve noticed hip mobility increased since I added a neck protocol. This led me to a search and found your video. Another great outcome I personally found from incorporating a neck program is activation of pectorals specifically upper pecs.. I think It may intertwine to them underneath your clavicles.. more range of motion it feels like.
Wow! Just wow, wow, wow! Thank you ❤
This is straight up truth.
you're the best Sukie!
so nicely explained, very authentic!!!
This video saved my life
A very insightful video, thank you! "There is very little difference between depression and chronic pain" - JBP
Fascinating!! So glad I found your channel! Subbed! ...and now to binge all your vids, with better posture of course;)
Yes!! Thank you! Beautiful advice
Wow really great info thank you 😊 I’ve read too that forward head posture can also cause narrowed jawlines and then potentially crowded teeth.
ThankYou so much for this information. I am a computer person, i never realized that your posture can affect your breathing which in turns can affect your anxiety levels. Poor posture leads to shallow breathing and then anxiety,brain fog, tiredness are bound to happen. I have been searching reasons for my anxiety, initially i thought i need to breathe more properly so i started pranayam and yoga but then afterwards i would again slouch to that position which again brought anxiety no matter how many times i did breathing exercises. Now i realize proper posture is also very important along with those excercises. Also the point you mentioned about pushing your chest outward, i have tried this and yes its exhausting. I will try other method you mentioned. I will fix my posture no matter what....enough of this anxiety..brain fog and what not. ThankYou for making this video.
This just reminded me of the ONE girl at school that walked holding her head up high and was straight and not hunched and crooked like everyone else. That was 30 years ago already when there were no cell phones.
This has nothing to do with any kind of phones. You don’t jet your head forward because of a cell or any kind of phone.
@@abutterfly7975 Looking down at a cell phone for a long time tends to hurt posture.
@@hello-vy5lb
it doesn’t affect you as much (I don’t think) if you have your phone almost at eye level. That’s what I do
Great info! Love you Sukie!! 💕
Thank you for describing the exact way I've been sitting while opening this video :D
My posture exactly. Plus I have swallowing issues as my tongue pushes my front teeth (ironically I'm speech therapist...) because I stand this way. Indeed general anxiety disorder and neck and back aches. I'm binge watching your channel since this morning! Thank you, so helpful 👋 from France!
So good to hear that you're loving these videos, Zinila! Thank you so much for watching 🙂
Dear Zinila,
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... and while driving, for me. Thanks Sukie for helping us connect all the dots :-)
Amazing info! Thanks so much!
Totally makes sense to me. Thanks so much for sharing!!!
Thank you! I love the tip near the end there👏
That was really enlightening!
Thank you this is an excellent video with great info which helped me how posture affects the body.
Absolutely brilliant. This is so on point .😖👍
I was thinking about this the other day thank you for this video.
Thank you so much for this video. Great info!!!
Got to say, what you say about holding your head or shoulders back is how smiling when I don't feel like it feels: like a big and pointless effort. I like what you say about getting to the roots of a problem much more, as well as your concrete tips on posture here.
Also, at your recommendation, I bought the book Accessing the Healing Power of the Vagus Nerve. I've just done the Neuro-Fascial Release Technique from that and, as well as being a fantastic stress reliever, it relaxed the muscles of my shoulders, chest and the back of my neck, thereby improving my posture without effort. I've had similar results from some breathing exercises too.
Your video was left in my watch later playlist for months. I simply did not accept that it was more my anxiety and depression causing it. The too at the end is very helpful
How you now ?
@@lyricalmusic5633 Thank you for asking, I still remind myself to lift my chest up, I am still working on my mental health
Wow this makes so much sense.
Thanks for the video! This makes a lot of sense
This video has helped my posture more than 30+ years of trying to hold my shoulders back, or imagining my head is on a string, etc. For the first time, I am feeling my body being able to relax into a natural, non-hunched posture. I’ve struggled with this since I was a teen, and my mom was CONSTANTLY nagging me about it. I know it’s bad - I’ve seen pictures of myself! At my age, I was starting to wonder if I’ve done too much damage to my body to fix it.
Thank you for the information !!
Thank you ma'am for proving me right
Extremely helpful.. thank you so much ❤️