Yorkville Chiropractic and Wellness Centre Improves Forward Head Posture with Toronto Chiropractic Care and Exercise
Yorkville Chiropractic and Wellness Centre bets that you are feeling at least one of these things this very moment: tight jaw, tense shoulders creeping up to your ears, chin tipping down, head jutting 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) calls “Justin Bieber Head” and "iHunch"!) is familiar to most of us. Cell phone use, improper computer screen set-up, and stress may all play a part. This posture makes our 10 pound heads to stick out and off of our necks. Not a pretty image or healthy state! Yorkville Chiropractic and Wellness Centre helps!
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 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 helps? It may seem that since it is a neck issue caring for the neck and directing care to 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 really the case. They compared neck mobilization treatment (plus stabilization exercise) to thoracic spine (upper back) mobilization treatment (plus stabilization exercise. They found 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) Yorkville Chiropractic and Wellness Centre uses Cox® Technic, a comfortable stretching treatment for the neck and thoracic spine that is very effective for spinal conditions like this. Yorkville Chiropractic and Wellness Centre ensures that our Toronto chiropractic patients with forward head posture get their thoracic spines treated! Yorkville Chiropractic and Wellness Centre 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 greatly. Line up your computer screen level with your eye level. Stretch frequently while participating in inactive work (computer, desk, TV). Intentionally modify your standing posture so you are upright. Lean into a wall with your shoulders, head, hips all are coming in contact with the wall. Listen and vigilantly do any neck strengthening exercises your Toronto chiropractor recommends. Yorkville Chiropractic and Wellness Centre will keep the exercises simple so our Toronto chiropractic patients will do them!
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Listen to this PODCAST of a neck and arm pain patient relieved with cervical spine Cox® Technic spinal manipulation!
Schedule a Toronto chiropractic visit at Yorkville Chiropractic and Wellness Centre for your forward head carriage or forward head posture. Yorkville Chiropractic and Wellness Centre supposes that you have already helped yourself after reading this article! Yorkville Chiropractic and Wellness Centre 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’s needed!
