The Secret Link Between Neck Posture and Pain
In this article by tacoma chiropractor, Dr. Vince Leone, he addresses the issue of poor posture in the neck and its relation to headaches and neck pain.We’ve always heard our mothers tell us how important our posture is, but did we listen? Our ears should sit over our shoulders, which should sit over our feet in a normal stance. If we lose the curve in the neck and the head starts to fall in front of the shoulders, we develop a syndrome called anterior head carriage. This can have many negative consequences such as headaches. The reason is because there is tremendous strain in the upper neck where the nerves exit and control the muscles and blood supply to the head. Dr. Vince Leone, tacoma chiropractor is an expert at treating headaches. Another negative result of anterior head carriage is neck pain and shoulder tension. You know the feeling, the rock hard trapezius muscles that you continually rub all day? The reason is because as the head falls forward, there’s nothing holding it up except the trapezius muscles. They work all day and anything that works all day has to get tired right? So we need to correct the posture to bring the head back and this will relax the trapezius muscles.The treatment which tacoma chiropractor Dr. Vince Leone does on a regular basis, is gentle adjustments to restore motion to the neck, massage therapy to relax the muscles and corrective exercises to strengthen the posterior muscles in the neck thus pulling the head back. Don’t just take drugs to mask the symptomes, this is temporary at best and at worse, will create stomach and digestive issues. Seek a natural treatment that will be long lasting with no negative side effects.
