


I fixed my winged scapula and neck hump
After years of being chronically online while sitting in a slouched position, my neck slowly turned into this mess.
I already had headaches almost every day and this rhomboid pain that never went away, I even took medicine against the pain. I went to doctors, then multiple physios after that, and every single one of them told me something different, and none of it actually worked. Honestly a big part of that was on me too, because I did the exercises on and off and actually felt like the pain got worse, so I never actually stuck with any of it consistently, not even for a full month at a time.
So over the last 6 months I've been doing the exercises every single day.
I actually learned a lot for the rhomboid pain specifically: what I found out is that you need a certain amount of tension for the muscle to actually activate. Strengthening my lats helped take a lot of the constant load off my rhomboids, since my serratus anterior was basically deactivated. Scapular push-ups didn't do anything for me even though everyone recommends them, what actually worked was wall slides with a foam roller.
for the neck hump specifically: the biggest thing I got wrong for years was doing chin tucks like a head nod instead of an actual back retraction, if you feel it in the front of your throat instead of the back of your neck, you're doing it wrong. once I got consistent with chin tucks + thoracic extension, the hump visually shrank on its own without me doing anything targeted at that spot directly. I hope this helps someone!