A worrying trend is emerging — hours hunched over phones, tablets, and laptops are reshaping the posture of today’s youth. What was once seen mostly in the elderly is now appearing in teens and young adults: hyperkyphosis, an excessive forward curvature of the upper spine.

The consequences go beyond appearance: chronic pain, reduced lung capacity, nerve compression, and long-term musculoskeletal damage. Doctors warn this could become one of the 21st century’s most widespread lifestyle-induced conditions.

It’s a silent epidemic of our digital age — one text, one scroll, one slouch at a time.