Manchester Neck Pain due to Smartphone Use and Chiropractic Help

You know it: Using a 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 viewing the latest reel is not good for your neck. Manchester Chiropractic & Sports Injuries delivers gentle treatment for the Manchester neck pain and related arm pain which is very beneficial! We also offer a few hints on how to use your cell phone less harmfully to your spine.

NECK PAIN AND SMART PHONE USE: Exercise May Help

Neck pain as a result of smartphone 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 hand out together without phones. Not so much today!) A meta-analysis of 26 published papers analyzing neck posture’s influence on neck pain patients of all ages revealed that the craniovertebral angle of the neck differs among them with respect to age, gender, pain (with or without) and correlated negatively with neck pain. (1) A newer study stated that the most awkward posture for head and neck angles while operating smartphones 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) Manchester Chiropractic & Sports Injuries 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

Manchester Chiropractic & Sports Injuries also shares how changing your head posture may help. Comparing asymptomatic people with and without forward head posture, researchers saw statistically significant differences in sensorimotor and somatosensory processing factors with increases in forward head posture. The positive news was that they also discovered that with each 1° increase in craniovertebral angle of the neck (ie.e. less forward head posture carriage), the somatosensory factors got better. (3) The take-away: Lift your chin up!

NECK POSTURE, FORWARD HEAD POSTURE and PHYSICAL FITNESS

Further, forward head posture was documented 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) Our use of the gentle, safe, non-rotational treatment of neck pain with Cox® Technic may have a role in reducing 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 details his chiropractic care of a patient suffering with neck and arm pain implementing The Cox® Technic System of Spinal Pain Management.

CONTACT Manchester Chiropractic & Sports Injuries

Schedule your Manchester chiropractic visit to focus on any neck pain, sensorimotor and/or somatosensory issues you may be experiencing that are related to any of your hazardous smartphone use!

 
Manchester couple using smartphones 
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