Our addiction to mobile phones has created a painful hazard. Note to self: “text neck” is real and it IS a pain in your neck. Better known as “forward head position”…
…text neck literally adds ten pounds for every one inch forward your head sits.
TEXT NECK
…The most common postural shift identified by massage therapists. As our head moves forward it becomes functionally heavier. The human head gains 10 pounds of weight for every inch that your head is positioned forward and down. A simple head position of two inches forward and you are now adding 20 pounds of head weight just sitting on your painful shoulders and back.
Yoni Whitten, DC, writes in the ABMP journal that the supporting muscles of the head have to work much harder. “It should not be possible for the joints of the spine to move normally while held in a forward head position.” This is a real problem we face today.
YOU CAN CORRECT THIS PAIN IN THE NECK
Correct your posture and get out of the habit of looking down at your phone. Daily check-in’s with yourself when standing, seated and walking matter. You have the power to stop that pain in your neck. Body posture and awareness makes a difference in our quality of health and life.
#CervicalMuscleRelease may be your answer to functioning head positions.
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