You know this: Using a cellphone is perilous
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 good for your neck. Paulette Hugulet, DC, LLC
offers gentle treatment for the La Grande neck pain and
associated arm pain which is very beneficial!
We also offer some tips 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 smartphone popularity is on the rise! Young and old alike
feel it. We’re all on our smartphones
while walking, sitting, visiting. (In the old days, we’d hand
out together not even thinking about using a phone.
Not so much today!) A
meta-analysis of 26 published papers analyzing how influential
neck posture is for neck pain patients of all ages
documented 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 newer
study noted that the most problematic posture for
head and neck angles while operating cellphones
was sitting in a chair without a backrest. The authors offered some
comfort in that there are some corrective exercises that help reduce
neck pain severity by 36.6% and disability by 13.3%. (2) Paulette Hugulet, DC, LLC 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
Paulette Hugulet, DC, LLC also shares how changing your head posture might
help. Comparing asymptomatic people with and without
forward head posture, researchers found 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 improved. (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 people whether they were athletic or not. College
athletes with such forward head posture compared to those with
normal head posture displayed such concerns 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 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 details his chiropractic care
of a patient suffering with neck and arm pain using The
Cox® Technic System of Spinal Pain Management.
CONTACT Paulette Hugulet, DC, LLC
Make your La Grande chiropractic
visit to focus on any neck pain, sensorimotor and/or somatosensory
issues you may be having that are associated with any of your hazardous smartphone use!