OrthoIllinois Chiropractic Improves Forward Head Posture with McHenry Chiropractic Care and Exercise
OrthoIllinois Chiropractic guesses that you are feeling at least one of these things this very moment: tight jaw, stiff shoulders edging up to your ears, chin tipping down, head projecting forward on your neck. And if you are anything like the rest of us in McHenry, you’re on your cellphone doing all of these at the same time! Forward head carriage or forward head posture (that Wikipedia (1) refers to as “Justin Bieber Head” and "iHunch"!) is well-known to most of us. Cell phone use, unsuitable computer screen set-up, and stress may all be part of the cause. This posture makes our 10 pound heads to stick out and off of our necks. Not a pretty vision or healthy state! OrthoIllinois Chiropractic can help!
FORWARD HEAD CARRIAGE / FORWARD NECK POSTURE EXPLAINED
What is it? Forward head carriage happens when your neck juts forward over your first spinal vertebra, C1 (cervical vertebra 1). Each inch forward boosts the weight on your neck by 10 pounds. (2) That adds up! What results? Neck pain. Shoulder stiffness. Pain between the shoulders. Fatigue. Headache. Arm pain. Jaw pain. Do you feel it?
FORWARD HEAD CARRIAGE / FORWARD NECK POSTURE HELPED
What helps? It may appear that since it’s a neck issue treating the neck and concentrating on the neck itself only would help most in fixing the issue and any related pain. A group of researchers showed that this is not really the case. They compared neck mobilization treatment (plus stabilization exercise) to thoracic spine (upper back) mobilization treatment (plus stabilization exercise. They discovered that using thoracic spine mobilization treatment plus stabilization exercise worked better. Pain, disability, and global rating of change by patients all got better along with their craniovertebral angle when standing as well as their cervical extension posture. (3) OrthoIllinois Chiropractic uses Cox® Technic, a gentle stretching treatment for the neck and thoracic spine that is very effective for spinal conditions like this. OrthoIllinois Chiropractic makes sure that our McHenry chiropractic patients with forward head posture have their thoracic spines treated! OrthoIllinois Chiropractic also urges our [[targeltocation]] chiropractic care patients with forward head carriage to do their part, too, by performing the stabilization and other recommended exercises!
SIMPLE TIPS FOR FORWARD NECK POSTURE CORRECTION
A few simple things help greatly. Align your computer screen level with your eye level. Stretch frequently while doing inactive work (computer, desk, TV). Intentionally correct your standing posture so you are upright. Lean into a wall with your shoulders, head, hips all touching the wall. Listen and vigilantly do any neck strengthening exercises your McHenry chiropractor suggests. OrthoIllinois Chiropractic will make sure the exercises are simple so our McHenry chiropractic patients will do them!
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Listen to this PODCAST of a neck and arm pain patient helped with cervical spine Cox® Technic treatment!
Schedule a McHenry chiropractic visit at OrthoIllinois Chiropractic for your forward head carriage or forward head posture. OrthoIllinois Chiropractic bets that you have already helped yourself after reading this article! OrthoIllinois Chiropractic bets that you stretched your head up, relaxed your shoulders down, and tucked your chin back the moment you read the first paragraph. The first step of change is noticing that it is needed!
