You know this: Looking dow at your smartphone is hazardous
to your neck! The forward head posture we all fall [prey|victim]3] to when looking
through texts or checking the news or watching
the latest reel is not healthy. Gormish Chiropractic & Rehabilitation
offers gentle treatment for the Carrolltown neck pain and
associated arm pain which is very beneficial!
We also offer a few tips on how to utilize
your cell phone less harmfully to your spine.
NECK PAIN AND SMART PHONE USE: Exercise May Help
Neck pain due to cell
phone use is on the rise! Young and old alike
experience it. We are all using our smartphones
while walking, sitting, visiting. (In the old days, we’d visit without phones.
Today’s different!) A
meta-analysis of 26 published papers measuring neck posture’s influence on neck pain patients of all ages
found that the craniovertebral angle of the neck varies
among them with regards to age, gender, pain (with or without) and
correlated negatively with neck pain. (1) A recent
study noted that the most problematic posture for
head and neck angles while using smartphones
was sitting in a chair without a backrest. The authors offered some
comfort in that there are some corrective exercises that help decrease
neck pain severity by 36.6% and disability by 13.3%. (2) Gormish Chiropractic & Rehabilitation has a
few exercises in our chiropractic treatment plan that that can help if you are
interested!
CELL PHONE USE AND HEAD POSTURE: Lift Your Chin
Gormish Chiropractic & Rehabilitation also shares how changing your head posture might
help. Comparing asymptomatic people with and without
forward head posture, researchers documented statistically
significant differences in sensorimotor and somatosensory processing factors
with increases in forward head posture. The
positive news was that they also found that with each
1° increase in craniovertebral angle of the neck (e.g. less forward
head posture carriage), the somatosensory factors improved. (3)
Lesson: Lift your chin up!
NECK POSTURE, FORWARD HEAD POSTURE and PHYSICAL FITNESS
Further, forward head posture was shown to influence
sensorimotor processing and integration measures in both athletic and
non-athletic people. College
athletes with such forward head posture versus those with
normal head posture exhibited such concerns as
well as less efficient skill-related physical fitness (like balance, leg power,
agility). (4) Gormish Chiropractic & Rehabilitation’s use of the gentle, safe, non-rotational
treatment of painful necks with Cox® Technic may play
a role in reducing neck pain and affecting
related issues. Listen to this PODCAST
with Dr. Shay Corbin on The Back Doctors Podcast with
Dr. Michael Johnson as he shares his chiropractic treatment
of a patient suffering with neck and arm pain implementing The
Cox® Technic System of Spinal Pain Management.
CONTACT Gormish Chiropractic & Rehabilitation
Make your Carrolltown chiropractic
visit to deal with any neck pain, sensorimotor and/or somatosensory
issues you may be experiencing that are associated with any of your hazardous smartphone practices!