What is Text Neck?

Text neck occurs when your posture presents with the head leading more in front of the body. For every inch your head moves forward,  it increases the weight of loading on the vertebrates of the neck, disc and joints. The increased stress from improper posture can cause arthritis, disc degeneration,  or spinal wear and tear. 

How do you get it?

Often, text neck comes from looking at your cell phone, tablet, book, or other devices for too long in a bad posture.

What are the symptoms?

• Tension Headaches

• Neck pain

• Shoulder pain

• Arm pain

• Upper back pain

• Neck stiffness upon waking

How do you fix it? 

• Neck Traction

• Chiropractic Adjustments

• Chin retraction exercises

Prevention 

• Holding hand held electronics at eye level as much as possible

• Having computer set in an ergonomic position

• Taking breaks throughout the day

• Neck Traction