Have you ever looked at yourself in the mirror to see how your head is actually perched on top of your spine? Do you look at your cellphone in your lap? Are you looking out of the bottom of your glasses?  Are you leaning in towards your computer?   These are examples of bad posture which can affect your health.   We call this “forward head posture”.  

Your head can weight anywhere from 8 – 15 lbs.  It is balanced on the top of your spine and for every inch forward that it sits in a bad posture the weight of the head increases.

What does this mean to us?  This means that the muscles at the back of your head and neck are constantly being pulled and strained with this extra weight.   What may develop, if this happens continually over a period of time, are symptoms such as a constant burning on the back of the upper shoulders right near your shoulder blades, headaches and or migraines, jaw pain, a pain in the neck or pains that develop in the mid and lower back.   You will have restrictions in certain neck, jaw or shoulder movements such as being able to shoulder check when driving a car or being able to look down without pain.   Over time you will develop posture issues in other areas as the body tries to compensate.