My physician basically told me to live with it. Three weeks using the Balineam Posture Release Tool and my daughter asked what I'd been doing differently. “Mom, you stand so much taller now.” Nobody had said that to me in years.

I hadn't worn my hair up in summer for as long as I can remember — I kept it down to hide the back of my neck even when it was 90 degrees out. Last week I clipped it up without even thinking. That's when it hit me how far I've come.

Last year I put more than $2,000 into chiropractic visits. My posture felt better for a day, then slid right back. This cost me less than a single appointment and I reach for it every night. The hump is noticeably smaller — I promise I'm not overstating it.

I saw a photo of myself from the side at my niece's wedding and I couldn't unsee it. I started using it ten minutes a night while I watched TV. I'm not promising miracles, but the bump that haunted me in that photo is so much less obvious now.

Thirty years at a desk gave me what my doctor called tech neck. Mine was just starting and I wanted to catch it early. A month in and the tightness at the base of my skull is the best it's been in years. Wish the guide had a few more photos, but the tool is worth it.

I wore a posture brace to my granddaughter's quinceañera because I couldn't bear to be in the photos without it. Two weeks in, I caught my reflection one morning and just froze there looking. I haven't touched the brace since.

I lost almost 30 pounds last year and was so frustrated the hump didn't go with it. Turns out it was never really about the weight. Ten minutes a day with this and the difference is finally showing where the diet never did.

This Christmas my granddaughter handed me the star to set on top of the tree. I reached up and placed it without a single twinge. After two years of hiding what this hump was doing to my life, you'd understand why I had to write this.

Mine felt hard, like bone, and I was sure nothing short of surgery would touch it. I almost didn't order. Six weeks later it's softer and my neck moves more freely. I still have a way to go, but for the first time I believe it's possible.

Chin tucks, a YouTube routine, an expensive brace — I tried it all and some of it honestly made things worse. This is the only thing that's actually given me results I can see in the mirror. I just wish I'd found it years ago.