Compass Chiropractic » Neck Pain http://compassindy.com A New Direction in Health Tue, 20 Jul 2010 15:10:21 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.5 en hourly 1 Texting Increases Neck and Shoulder Pain. http://compassindy.com/2009/11/texting-increases-neck-and-shoulder-pain/ http://compassindy.com/2009/11/texting-increases-neck-and-shoulder-pain/#comments Thu, 12 Nov 2009 21:22:08 +0000 drbingham http://compassindy.com/?p=1029

Texting my limit your time on the phone, but you might be spending more time in your chiropractor’s office according to a new study out of Temple University that showed an increase in neck and shoulder pain in people who prefer texting over talking on the phone.
One of the questions asked in this study is “why neck and shoulder pain and not arm and wrist pain?” Hand and wrist pain would seem like the obvious symptoms experienced by texters, but that was not the case and the answer is simple physics.
If you hold something out in front of you, it is much heavier than if you hold it close to you.  Imagine how tired your arms would get by holding a bowling ball out in front of you all day, this is exactly what you do when you look down to text.
The head weighs as much as a bowling ball and relies on the muscles of the neck and shoulders to keep it upright.  When the neck is in from of the body and looking down it puts more stress on these muscles creating muscle stress and pain.head 4 skeletonThis diagram shows how every inch of forward head deviation produces 20 extra pounds of weight on the muscles of the neck and shoulders.  If you don’t believe me, carry around a bowling ball for the entire day and see how your arm feels at the end, this is what your neck and shoulders have to do everyday.
To read the origianl article – WebMD
For more information about how we treat neck pain in our office, visit our neck pain page.
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This patient came to see me recently complaining of chronic neck pain that had recently gotten to the point that she was unable to sleep and do her normal daily activities. After just a few treatments she started to notice improvement.  Currently she is back doing many of the activities that she thought she would have to decrease for the majority of her life.

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