Chiropractic Solutions Improves Forward Head Posture with San Jose Chiropractic Care and Exercise
Chiropractic Solutions guesses that you are feeling most likely one of these things this very moment: tight jaw, stiff shoulders creeping up toward your ears, chin tipping down, head protruding forward on your neck. And if you are anything like the rest of us in San Jose, 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 well-known to most of us. Cell phone use, unsuitable computer screen set-up, and stress may all play a role. This posture makes our 10 pound heads to stick out and off of our necks. Not a pretty sight or healthy state! Chiropractic Solutions can help!
FORWARD HEAD CARRIAGE / FORWARD NECK POSTURE EXPLAINED
What is it? Forward head carriage happens when your neck pushes 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 seem that since it is a neck issue treating the neck and directing care to the neck itself only would help most in fixing 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 found that using thoracic spine mobilization treatment plus stabilization exercise delivered better results. 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) Chiropractic Solutions uses Cox® Technic, a comfortable stretching treatment for the neck and thoracic spine that is very effective for spinal issues like this. Chiropractic Solutions makes sure that our San Jose chiropractic patients with forward head posture get their thoracic spines treated! Chiropractic Solutions also urges our [[targeltocation]] chiropractic care patients with forward head carriage to do their share, too, by doing the stabilization and other recommended exercises!
SIMPLE TIPS FOR FORWARD NECK POSTURE CORRECTION
A few simple things help enormously. Line up your computer screen level with your eye level. Stretch often while performing inactive work (computer, desk, TV). Consciously correct your standing posture so you are straight. Lean into a wall with your shoulders, head, hips all are coming in contact with the wall. Listen and vigilantly perform any neck strengthening exercises your San Jose chiropractor suggests. Chiropractic Solutions will make sure the exercises are simple so our San Jose 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 spinal manipulation!
Schedule a San Jose chiropractic visit at Chiropractic Solutions for your forward head carriage or forward head posture. Chiropractic Solutions bets that you have already helped yourself after reading this article! Chiropractic Solutions bets that you stretched your head up, relaxed your shoulders down, and tucked your chin back as soon as you read the first paragraph. The first step of change is recognizing that it is needed!
