subject: Dacula Chiropractor Reviews Posture And Headache Connection [print this page] Have you ever seen a picture of yourself and noticed your posture? It can be scary to notice poor posture. Weve been told since we were kids that we need to sit up straight and watch our posture, but often times we forget how important it is.
Problems with your posture are often times due to years of slouching, sitting at a desk all day, propping your head up on too many pillows while you sleep, or just laying on a couch too long while watching TV. These bad habits usually start when were young and carry on while we get older. Look around next time youre in an airport, or mall, and take a notice of how many people have bad posture. In face, posture can even reflect our attitude if were happy, we stand up straight, if were depressed, we slouch. It can also be related to how we feel about ourselves and how confident we are as children. Some of it is genetics, passed down from our parents, but genetics combined with poor posture habits can create a life time of spinal disorders.
The most common postural distortion we see, is forward head posture, This is when the head shoots forward and almost gets held out in front of the shoulders, creating a strain on the neck muscles. This condition is most common cause of neck pain, and headaches.
As the weight of the head strains the neck muscles, it causes inflammation of the nerves of the neck and compression of cervical spinal cord. This constant irritation causes neck pain, shoulder and arm problems, and even migraine headaches. If left uncorrected, it continues to irritate the nerves of the neck and the patient continues to suffer with chronic headache, neck pain, and arm problems.
One of the solutions to correcting the irritation to the muscles and nerves of the neck, due to forward head posture, is to retrain the neck muscles and bring the head back over the shoulders, relieving the pressure on the nerves and getting rid of the inflammation in the cervical spinal nerves.
