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Posture Issues

Last week, one of our health leaders wrote a great article about how sickle cell and pain in general can impact posture. Do you have posture issues? Have you done anything to help correct it?
showing the progression from good posture to bad posture while sitting

  1. Almost every sickle cell patient I know has posture issues either from AVN or years of dealing with chronic pain. Whether it’s walking with a slight limp or thoracic kyphosis, which is when the upper back is curled forward…poor posture is a direct impact of sickle cell.

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