Gormish Chiropractic & Rehabilitation Improves Forward Head Posture with Carrolltown Chiropractic Care and Exercise
Gormish Chiropractic & Rehabilitation bets that you are experiencing most likely one of these things this very moment: tight jaw, tense shoulders creeping up toward your ears, chin tipping down, head jutting forward on your neck. And if you are anything like the rest of us in Carrolltown, you’re on your cellphone 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 causes our 10 pound heads to stick out and off of our necks. Not a pretty sight or healthy situation! Gormish Chiropractic & Rehabilitation relieves and improves the condition!
FORWARD HEAD CARRIAGE / FORWARD NECK POSTURE EXPLAINED
What is it? Forward head carriage happens 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 appear that since it’s 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 evaluated the results of 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 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) Gormish Chiropractic & Rehabilitation uses Cox® Technic, a comfortable stretching treatment for the neck and thoracic spine that is quite effective for spinal issues like this. Gormish Chiropractic & Rehabilitation ensures that our Carrolltown chiropractic patients with forward head posture get their thoracic spines treated! Gormish Chiropractic & Rehabilitation also urges our [[targeltocation]] chiropractic care patients with forward head carriage to do their part, too, by doing the stabilization and other recommended exercises!
SIMPLE TIPS FOR FORWARD NECK POSTURE CORRECTION
A few simple things help a great deal. Line up your computer screen level with your eye level. Stretch frequently while participating in sedentary work (computer, desk, TV). Consciously modify 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 Carrolltown chiropractor recommends. Gormish Chiropractic & Rehabilitation will make sure the exercises are simple so our Carrolltown 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 Carrolltown chiropractic visit at Gormish Chiropractic & Rehabilitation for your forward head carriage or forward head posture. Gormish Chiropractic & Rehabilitation supposes that you have already helped yourself after reading this article! Gormish Chiropractic & Rehabilitation 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’s needed!
