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DEAR MAYO CLINIC: My grandmother lives with me, and she is always nagging me to “stand up straight” and “put your shoulders back.” She says good posture will keep me healthy as I age. But I’m only 17.

EDMONTON — Gerry Haracsi’s shoulders roll so far forward his palms turn backward when his arms hang at his side. “I’m a Neanderthal,” Haracsi quips. What he really is is misaligned from living life: ...