NEED A NECK MASSAGE???
You do your best to get results from your workouts… you eat well, you train hard and yet you still feel like you’re falling short of hitting your peak.
Low energy, grogginess, shortage of breath and neck and back pain are just some of the problems you may be suffering from. But why? How does a perfectly healthy, athletic individual who eats well and trains hard STILL suffer?
It affects nearly everyone, no matter what your age or level of fitness. It’s a problem that originates in just one area of your body but affects your overall health, including your mental as well as your physical state.
It’s forward head posture… also known as text neck.
Your neck is designed to remain vertical, supporting the weight of your skull in a perfect line from the top of your head straight down through your body to your feet.
When you look at yourself in the mirror from the side, your ear, your shoulder and your hips should all be in a straight line down to the floor. If it is unaligned and your ear is in front of your shoulders, it’s a sure sign of forward head posture.
You see, the average head weighs 10-12lbs. When your head sits perfectly upon your neck and shoulders, the body naturally adapts to holding this weight.
But if your head is constantly pulled forward, the weight of your head pulls on your neck and puts pressure on your spine.
When your head is pulled forward the additional pressure on your neck, shoulders and back rises dramatically causing serious tissue damage. In fact, every inch your head is thrust forward from its natural position adds another 10 lbs of stress on the neck, shoulders, back and spine.
It’s why you may have developed that ugly ‘hump’ below your neck; to combat the stress of holding your head up, the body’s reaction has been to build-up bone and fat tissue to compensate and protect the spine at the C7 vertebrae.
Forward head posture doesn’t just leave you looking awkward… No matter how hard you train or how well you eat, unless you start fixing your head posture right now, it may not be possible to reverse the damage already done.
It is possible to fix your forward head posture using some really simple movements that instantly improve your posture and increase your strength and energy.
Not only does Forward Head Posture give your back that ugly hunch and crouched-over look… it also causes much deeper, serious problems including:
-Constant fatigue and lack of energy
-Pain in your neck, shoulders or upper, lower and middle back
-Permanent damage to your joints, muscles, ligaments, blood vessels & nerves
-Headaches and migraines
-Poor sleep or insomnia
-Arthritis
-Impaired athletic performance
-Loss of height by 2 inches
-Looking 10 lbs fatter than you actually are
-Affects your hormonal health
-Noisy mouth breathing, snoring & sleep apnea
-Early degeneration of your spine
-Pinched and trapped nerves
-Decreased range of motion
-Lack of confidence
-Blood Flow to the Brain
-Asthma
-Decreased lung capacity by up to 30%
-Harmful affects to vision and hearing
-Jaw pain and sinus issues
-Dizziness, vertigo and balance issues
Burdens your digestive system
You just can’t correct the damage that has already been done with static stretching alone.
It’s not about the stretches and movements; it’s about the ORDER of the movements!!!. There needs to be a combination of corrective exercise and other techniques to open up and release the neck while activating other muscles so you can return to a balanced state with proper movement in the neck.
We are here to help,,, take the time to book your fitness evaluation at OVOX and start implementing the specific exercises and techniques that can make a difference to your health and well-being and protect yourself against long-term damage to your spine.