Hi radtech,

Same or similar issue with me as well. My shoulders drift up and forward unconsciously. Happens during the day and when I'm sleeping; I wake up with shoulders way up towards my ears. Dr. Donahue says my body is doing this to open the area of compression. Problem is that I engage upper trap and neck muscles, causing spasms in the neck and face. Also worsens the fairly constant headache I have. These symptoms make sense since it's like doing perpetual isometrics. When I try to adopt more "correct" posture with relaxed shoulders I get increased, severe arm and hand pain but the neck/face issues ease up. Totally frustrating.