Your neck carries the weight of your world and it’s often the first place to get tight and complain when life and stress drags your head forward. Screens pull your gaze down and tension settles in. Neck pain often shows up without warning; stiffness in the morning followed by a sharp pinch when you turn your head, or a lingering ache after hours at a desk. While it may feel sudden, there’s usually a clear reason your neck starts to protest. Understanding what’s happening inside the joints, … [Read more...] about Why Your Neck Hurts (and What to Do About It)
Tech Neck
You don’t have to live with neck pain!
Feeling tightness on your shoulders? Whether you were stressing at your desk or doing overhead presses in the gym that caused a tweak, neck pain is one of the most common conditions people experience. Needless to say it is extremely prevalent in Seattle, with the plethora of tech companies and constant pressure on employees to spend longer and longer hours at the office. Neck pain is also one of the most common reasons for someone to show up in a chiropractic office. It also has a high … [Read more...] about You don’t have to live with neck pain!
Improving Your Posture to Keep Your Spine Healthy
Posture is the position that your body maintains while standing, sitting, or lying down. Most experts would agree that "good" posture reduces the stress on your spine by balancing the load placed upon the muscles and ligaments that support it. Good posture is essential because it helps you align your bones and joints properly. This helps reduce the wear and tear on your joints and can decrease the strain on the ligaments that support your spine. New research also indicates that maintaining a … [Read more...] about Improving Your Posture to Keep Your Spine Healthy
Postural Stress: The Link Between Tech Neck and Pain
While it’s true that your anatomy can contribute to the levels of postural stress you experience, so can many of the small decisions you make each day. You’ve probably seen an article or two floating around the web about the relationship between tech neck and pain. You may have even seen an uptick in commercials for neck pain treatment in Seattle, and for good reason Did you know that many of us spend 2 hours or more per day on our smartphones and 5 hours or more on our … [Read more...] about Postural Stress: The Link Between Tech Neck and Pain
Is There a Perfect Posture?
"Sit up straight and stop slouching!" We’ve all heard (or said) it a million times in the name of having perfect posture. You've likely heard this since childhood, and for good reason. Poor posture as a kid can create health challenges later in life. Rounded shoulders (scapular protrusion), swayback (lumbar hyperlordosis) and a hunched upper back (thoracic hyperkyphosis) are all postural imbalances that place a tremendous amount of stress on the spine. And when those imbalances … [Read more...] about Is There a Perfect Posture?
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