Amelia Chiropractic Clinic Improves Forward Head Posture with Fernandina Beach Chiropractic Care and Exercise
Amelia Chiropractic Clinic bets that you are experiencing most likely one of these things this very moment: 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 Fernandina Beach, you’re on your cellphone doing all of these at the same time! Forward head carriage or forward head posture (that Wikipedia (1) calls “Justin Bieber Head” and "iHunch"!) is well-known to most all of us. Cell phone use, improper computer screen set-up, and stress may all play a role. This posture compels our 10 pound heads to stick out and off of our necks. Not a pretty vision or healthy situation! Amelia Chiropractic Clinic 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 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 makes it better? It may appear that since it is a neck issue caring for 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 isn’t 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) Amelia Chiropractic Clinic uses Cox® Technic, a comfortable stretching treatment for the neck and thoracic spine that is quite effective for spinal issues like this. Amelia Chiropractic Clinic ensures that our Fernandina Beach chiropractic patients with forward head posture get their thoracic spines treated! Amelia Chiropractic Clinic also encourages 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 a great deal. Align your computer screen level with your line of vision. Stretch often while performing sedentary 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 Fernandina Beach chiropractor recommends. Amelia Chiropractic Clinic will keep the exercises simple so our Fernandina Beach 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 Fernandina Beach chiropractic visit at Amelia Chiropractic Clinic for your forward head carriage or forward head posture. Amelia Chiropractic Clinic supposes that you have already helped yourself after reading this article! Amelia Chiropractic Clinic guesses 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 noticing that it is needed!
