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Byline: Karen Stabiner
It is late in the day, and my back feels like a grid of sailor's knots. After a long week at the computer, my head leans forward like a turtle's and my shoulders hunch. I berate myself for not heeding my inner voice, which sounds just like my elementary school phys-ed teacher: "Shoulders down. Head back. Chest up."
Lower-back pain may get a lot of press, but upper-back pain could be the malady of the millennium. The culprit? Too much time doing what one doctor calls "repetitive forward work," which includes E-mailing, reading, and preparing multicourse dishes from scratch. An estimated 11 million adults, more women than men, seek ...