stooped posture
Bent-over standing position
Stooped posture is a forward-curved position of the upper body, with rounded shoulders and head jutting forward.
It often develops from aging, poor habits, or conditions like osteoporosis: Years of desk work had given him a stooped posture.
The term appears frequently in medical contexts and descriptions of elderly people.
- hunchedBent at spine
- slouchedDrooped in posture
- bentCurved; also dishonest
- bent overInclined forward at waist
- crookedBent or dishonest
curved · bowed · rounded shoulders · hunchback · spine · back pain · shoulders · elderly · old age · weary · world weary · defeated · shuffle · cane · walking stick · burden · dowager · kyphosis
- ParkinsonismParkinson disease, tremor, bradykinesia, rigidity, deep brain stimulation
- agingaging process, aging body, biological age, aging workforce, aging parents
- aging signswrinkles, fine lines, wrinkled skin, gray hair, frown lines
- deficiency symptomsscurvy, beriberi, pellagra, anemia, goiter
- osteoporosisosteoporosis, bone loss, brittle bones, weak bones, osteopenia
- spinal conditionsspinal cord injury, spinal fracture, spinal curvature, spinal stenosis, spinal deformity
stooped postureupright posture
Vertical body alignment
erect posture · ramrod straight · bolt upright · upright stance · straight back
stooped posturemilitary bearing
Commanding physical presence
regal bearing · commanding presence · shoulders back · chest out · head held high
stoop, stooped, stooping, stoops, posture, postures, postured, posturing, postural