Medical Spine and Sports Injury and Rehab Centers Improves Forward Head Posture with Baton Rouge Chiropractic Care and Exercise
Medical Spine and Sports Injury and Rehab Centers speculates that you are feeling most likely one of these things this very moment: tight jaw, stiff shoulders edging up toward your ears, chin tilting down, head projecting forward on your neck. And if you are on your cellphone reading this, you are likely 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 many of us. Cell phone use, unsuitable computer screen set-up, and stress may all contribute. This posture compels our 10 pound heads to stick out and off of our necks. Not a pretty vision or healthy position! Medical Spine and Sports Injury and Rehab Centers relieves and improves the condition!
FORWARD HEAD CARRIAGE / FORWARD NECK POSTURE EXPLAINED
What is it? Forward head carriage occurs 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 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 makes it better? It may seem that since it is a neck issue caring for the neck and focusing on the neck itself only would have the greatest impact toward correcting the issue and any related pain. A group of researchers reported that this is not necessarily the case. They compared neck mobilization treatment (plus stabilization exercise) to thoracic spine (upper back) mobilization treatment (plus stabilization exercise. They discovered that delivering thoracic spine mobilization treatment plus stabilization exercise delivered better results. 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) Medical Spine and Sports Injury and Rehab Centers uses Cox® Technic, a comfortable stretching treatment for the neck and thoracic spine that is quite effective for spinal issues like this. Medical Spine and Sports Injury and Rehab Centers makes certain that our Baton Rouge chiropractic patients with forward head posture have their thoracic spines treated! Medical Spine and Sports Injury and Rehab Centers also urges our [[targeltocation]] chiropractic care patients with forward head carriage to do their share, too, by performing the stabilization and other recommended exercises!
SIMPLE TIPS FOR FORWARD NECK POSTURE CORRECTION
A few simple things help a lot. Line up your computer screen level with your eye level. Stretch regularly while performing sedentary work (computer, desk, TV). Consciously adjust your standing posture so you are straight. 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 Baton Rouge chiropractor recommends. Medical Spine and Sports Injury and Rehab Centers will keep the exercises simple so our Baton Rouge 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 Baton Rouge chiropractic visit at Medical Spine and Sports Injury and Rehab Centers for your forward head carriage or forward head posture. Medical Spine and Sports Injury and Rehab Centers bets that you have already helped yourself after reading this article! Medical Spine and Sports Injury and Rehab Centers 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’s needed!
