You know this: Looking
down at your cellphone is perilous
to your neck! The forward head posture we all fall [prey|victim]3] to when reviewing texts or checking the news or watching
the latest reel is not healthy. Spinal Care Clinic
offers gentle treatment for the Burlington and Hamilton neck pain and
associated arm pain which is very beneficial!
We also offer a few tips on how to employ
your cell phone less harmfully to your spine.
NECK PAIN AND SMART PHONE USE: Exercise May Help
Neck pain thanks to smartphone use is on the rise! Young and old alike
experience it. We’re all using our smartphones
while walking, sitting, visiting. (In the old days, we’d hand
out together without phones.
Today’s different!) A
meta-analysis of 26 published papers measuring neck posture’s influence on neck pain patients of all ages
revealed that the craniovertebral angle of the neck varies
among them with respect to age, gender, pain (with or without) and
correlated negatively with neck pain. (1) A recent
study stated that the most problematic posture for
head and neck angles while using cellphones
was sitting in a chair without a backrest. The authors offered some
comfort in that they found some corrective exercises that help reduce
neck pain severity by 36.6% and disability by 13.3%. (2) Spinal Care Clinic has a
few exercises in our chiropractic treatment plan that that can help if you’re
interested!
CELL PHONE USE AND HEAD POSTURE: Lift Your Chin
Spinal Care Clinic also shares how changing your head posture may
help. Comparing asymptomatic people with and without
forward head posture, researchers found statistically
significant differences in sensorimotor and somatosensory processing factors
with forward head posture increases. 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 got better. (3)
Lesson: Lift your chin up!
NECK POSTURE, FORWARD HEAD POSTURE and PHYSICAL FITNESS
Further, forward head posture was shown to affect
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 issues as
well as less efficient skill-related physical fitness (like balance, leg power,
agility). (4) Our use of the gentle, safe, non-rotational
treatment of neck pain with Cox® Technic may have
a role in decreasing neck pain and influencing
related issues. Listen to this PODCAST
with Dr. Shay Corbin on The Back Doctors Podcast with
Dr. Michael Johnson as he describes his chiropractic care
of a patient suffering with neck and arm pain using The
Cox® Technic System of Spinal Pain Management.
CONTACT Spinal Care Clinic
Schedule your Burlington and Hamilton chiropractic
visit to focus on any neck pain, sensorimotor and/or somatosensory
issues you may be experiencing that are associated with any of your hazardous smartphone use!