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Fort Wayne Neck Pain due to Smartphone Use and Chiropractic Help

You know it: Using a cellphone is hazardous 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 isn’t healthy. Cox Chiropractic Medicine Inc delivers gentle treatment for the Fort Wayne neck pain and associated arm pain which is quite helpful! We also offer a few 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 thanks to cell phone use is on the rise! Young and old alike experience it. We’re all on our smartphones while walking, sitting, visiting. (In the old days, we would hand out together without phones. Today’s different!) A meta-analysis of 26 published papers measuring how influential neck posture is for 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 negatively correlated with neck pain. (1) A newer study stated that the most awkward posture for head and neck angles while using smartphones was sitting in a chair without a backrest. The authors proposed some comfort in that they found some corrective exercises that help decrease neck pain severity by 36.6% and disability by 13.3%. (2) Cox Chiropractic Medicine Inc 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

Cox Chiropractic Medicine Inc 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 forward head posture increases. The positive news was that they also discovered that with each 1° increase in craniovertebral angle of the neck (e.g. 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 shown to alter sensorimotor processing and integration measures in people whether they were athletic or not. College athletes with such forward head posture versus those with normal head posture displayed such issues as well as less efficient skill-related physical fitness (like balance, leg power, agility). (4) Cox Chiropractic Medicine Inc’s use of the gentle, safe, non-rotational treatment of painful necks 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 describes his chiropractic treatment of a patient suffering with neck and arm pain using The Cox® Technic System of Spinal Pain Management.

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Make your Fort Wayne 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 habits!

 
Fort Wayne couple using smartphones 
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