You know it: Looking
down at your cellphone is perilous
to your neck! The forward head posture we all fall [prey|victim]3] to when reading texts or checking the news or watching
the latest reel isn’t healthy. Most Chiropractic Clinic
offers gentle treatment for the Murfreesboro neck pain and
associated arm pain which is very beneficial!
We also offer some hints on how to employ
your cell phone in a better way to protect your spine.
NECK PAIN AND SMART PHONE USE: Exercise May Help
Neck pain due to cell
phone popularity is rising! Young and old alike
experience it. We’re all on our smartphones
while walking, sitting, visiting. (In the old days, we’d visit without phones.
Today is 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 differs
among them with respect to age, gender, pain (with or without) and
negatively correlated with neck pain. (1) A recent
study noted that the most awkward posture for
head and neck angles while using smartphones
was sitting in a chair without a backrest. The authors proposed some
comfort in that they found some corrective exercises that help lessen
neck pain severity by 36.6% and disability by 13.3%. (2) Most Chiropractic Clinic has a
few exercises in our chiropractic treatment plan that we’d be happy to share if you’re
interested!
CELL PHONE USE AND HEAD POSTURE: Lift Your Chin
Most Chiropractic Clinic also shares how changing your head posture may
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
good 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 got better. (3)
Lesson: Lift your chin up!
NECK POSTURE, FORWARD HEAD POSTURE and PHYSICAL FITNESS
Further, forward head posture was shown to alter
sensorimotor processing and integration measures in both athletic and
non-athletic people. College
athletes with such forward head posture compared to those with
normal head posture exhibited such issues as
well as less efficient skill-related physical fitness (like balance, leg power,
agility). (4) Most Chiropractic Clinic’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 care
of a patient suffering with neck and arm pain using The
Cox® Technic System of Spinal Pain Management.
CONTACT Most Chiropractic Clinic
Schedule your Murfreesboro chiropractic
visit to address any neck pain, sensorimotor and/or somatosensory
issues you may be having that are related
to any of your hazardous smartphone habits!