As a Functional manual physical therapist, I’d like to see you enjoy the holidays pain-free. To begin, I urge you to maintain the proper positioning of your back and neck as much as possible. The position of your head is also important to remember, especially as you sit at the computer clicking away on Amazon.
The head is meant to sit vertically on top of your neck vertebrae, similarly to the way a golf ball sits on top of a golf tee. Unfortunately, our head often translates forwards, and sits in front of that golf tee, putting undue stress and strain on the back of your neck. The tissue in the back of your head tightens, creating tension and prevents efficient function and movement in the upper neck when you’re, for instance, “trying to look over your left shoulder to change lanes on the highway.”
Over a period of time, this “forward head” posturing can become a big problem that yields numerous symptoms radiating out from the neck, and can radiate down the arm. Symptoms like pins and needles, tingling, throbbing like pain, or even numbness or weakness can affect your arm, but it all initiates at the neck. Symptoms surface the most during stressful periods. It’s no coincidence that when you’re having a bad day, or a high anxiety meeting, you wake up with a stiff neck, or, go to bed with a splitting headache.
Founded in 2004, Elite Health Services, with locations in Old Greenwich, CT, is a world-class provider of certified Functional Manual Therapy™, personal training, pilates and running services. Elite Health Services has already helped thousands of your colleagues, friends and neighbors throughout Lower Fairfield County.
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