Dr. Le's Chiropractic & Wellness, L.L.C. Improves Forward Head Posture with Auburn Chiropractic Care and Exercise
Dr. Le's Chiropractic & Wellness, L.L.C. guesses that you are experiencing most likely one of these things right now: tight jaw, stiff shoulders edging up toward your ears, chin tilting down, head jutting forward on your neck. And if you are anything like the rest of us in Auburn, you’re on your cellphone doing all of these at once! Forward head carriage or forward head posture (that Wikipedia (1) refers to as “Justin Bieber Head” and "iHunch"!) is familiar to most all of us. Cell phone use, unsuitable computer screen set-up, and stress may all contribute. This posture makes our 10 pound heads to stick out and off of our necks. Not a pretty vision or healthy state! Dr. Le's Chiropractic & Wellness, L.L.C. helps!
FORWARD HEAD CARRIAGE / FORWARD NECK POSTURE EXPLAINED
What is it? Forward head carriage occurs when your neck pushes forward over your first spinal vertebra, C1 (cervical vertebra 1). Each inch forward increases the weight on your neck by 10 pounds. (2) That adds up! What follows? 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 is relieving? It may appear that since it’s a neck issue treating the neck and directing care to the neck itself only would help most in resolving the issue and any related pain. A group of researchers demonstrated 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 improved along with their craniovertebral angle when standing as well as their cervical extension posture. (3) Dr. Le's Chiropractic & Wellness, L.L.C. uses Cox® Technic, a comfortable stretching treatment for the neck and thoracic spine that is very effective for spinal issues like this. Dr. Le's Chiropractic & Wellness, L.L.C. makes sure that our Auburn chiropractic patients with forward head posture have their thoracic spines treated! Dr. Le's Chiropractic & Wellness, L.L.C. also urges our [[targeltocation]] chiropractic care patients with forward head carriage to do their part, too, by performing the stabilization and other suggested exercises!
SIMPLE TIPS FOR FORWARD NECK POSTURE CORRECTION
A few simple things help a lot. Align your computer screen level with your line of vision. Stretch often while performing inactive work (computer, desk, TV). Consciously alter your standing posture so you are upright. Lean against a wall with your shoulders, head, hips all are coming in contact with the wall. Listen and vigilantly do any neck strengthening exercises your Auburn chiropractor recommends. Dr. Le's Chiropractic & Wellness, L.L.C. will keep the exercises simple so our Auburn 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 Auburn chiropractic visit at Dr. Le's Chiropractic & Wellness, L.L.C. for your forward head carriage or forward head posture. Dr. Le's Chiropractic & Wellness, L.L.C. supposes that you have already helped yourself after reading this article! Dr. Le's Chiropractic & Wellness, L.L.C. guesses 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!
