How to Fix Forward Head - Slumped Posture (PERMANENTLY)
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Date: 2022-04-22
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Valin
I have a few questions about this video. As a chiropractor, I X-ray nearly every patient. I tend to believe that forward head carriage is typically the result of some sort of hyper extension/hyper flexion injury. I see this forward head carriage arising from what I believe to be the neck in 90+ percent of patients, and I say this because most of these people have an overall loss of curvature (lordosis) of the neck. Not to say that I don-t occasionally see an injury to the upper thoracics that results in hyperkyphosis as you describe, I just see it much less often that the revival injury. As a result of the forward head carriage, I do typically see a hyper flexion of the upper thoracic area as you describe. But then i typically see the lower thoracic kyphosis and upper lumbar lordosis wiped out (hypokyphosis of lower thoracic and hypolordosis of upper lumbar. From there I see a hyper lordosis of the lower lumbar spine (most often L4/L5/S1) as the forward elements of the head/neck/upper thoracic have to reach a new low energy balance point over the sacrum. I totally agree that you must have a way to extend the upper thoracics (thus using wolff-s law to load the bone and supporting structures to reshape them, and I am intrigued by the face pull and I-m curious as to your theories behind that. I would love a video more in depth on that subject. But since postural muscles are largely subconsciously controlled and since the body wants to use prime movers as little as possible to maintain posture, how does this fix the hyperkyphosis of the upper thoracics and what do you do for people that have hypolordosis of the cervical spine if this indeed drives the thoracic kyphosis? I did enjoy the video, and I-m glad to see other people thinking about this stuff and trying to find natural means to restore function.
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I have a few questions about this video. As a chiropractor, I X-ray nearly every patient. I tend to believe that forward head carriage is typically the result of some sort of hyper extension/hyper flexion injury. I see this forward head carriage arising from what I believe to be the neck in 90+ percent of patients, and I say this because most of these people have an overall loss of curvature (lordosis) of the neck. Not to say that I don-t occasionally see an injury to the upper thoracics that results in hyperkyphosis as you describe, I just see it much less often that the revival injury. As a result of the forward head carriage, I do typically see a hyper flexion of the upper thoracic area as you describe. But then i typically see the lower thoracic kyphosis and upper lumbar lordosis wiped out (hypokyphosis of lower thoracic and hypolordosis of upper lumbar. From there I see a hyper lordosis of the lower lumbar spine (most often L4/L5/S1) as the forward elements of the head/neck/upper thoracic have to reach a new low energy balance point over the sacrum. I totally agree that you must have a way to extend the upper thoracics (thus using wolff-s law to load the bone and supporting structures to reshape them, and I am intrigued by the face pull and I-m curious as to your theories behind that. I would love a video more in depth on that subject. But since postural muscles are largely subconsciously controlled and since the body wants to use prime movers as little as possible to maintain posture, how does this fix the hyperkyphosis of the upper thoracics and what do you do for people that have hypolordosis of the cervical spine if this indeed drives the thoracic kyphosis? I did enjoy the video, and I-m glad to see other people thinking about this stuff and trying to find natural means to restore function.
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4: 04 prop yourself up with the center of the thoracic spine directly against the edge of the bench. (the most form of contact is the center of the thoracic spine to the bench, subsequently, triceps to bench and feet to the ground) Now get into pelvic anterior tilt. Then keep your head parallel to the floor. Hold for 1minute. Repeat 3 times per day.
5: 03 once got that nailed, increase difficulty, extend arms side by side to your head.
5: 36 increase difficulty again, wrap a cloth around a weight plate, hold to the forehead, and slowly do simple -yes- head movements.
6: 30 Do face pulls but when you reach your face, extend arms straight up and then back straight down. just a couple sets once a day.
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4: 04 prop yourself up with the center of the thoracic spine directly against the edge of the bench. (the most form of contact is the center of the thoracic spine to the bench, subsequently, triceps to bench and feet to the ground) Now get into pelvic anterior tilt. Then keep your head parallel to the floor. Hold for 1minute. Repeat 3 times per day.
5: 03 once got that nailed, increase difficulty, extend arms side by side to your head.
5: 36 increase difficulty again, wrap a cloth around a weight plate, hold to the forehead, and slowly do simple -yes- head movements.
6: 30 Do face pulls but when you reach your face, extend arms straight up and then back straight down. just a couple sets once a day.
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Jason
I've seen a spine straightening video of a boy who was bent down in a u, no doctor would touch him in fear of hurting him or getting in trouble, one brave doctor went all in told the kid this is going to hurt can you take it he said yes. That kid and doctor were both troopers, he shoved so hard the kid was in pain but wanted to keep going, after a long long while of this treatment he can stand up straight now. I was blown away, because I've always had mild scoliosis and had no idea it could be treated so effectively, probably just doctors not wanting held liable. Great video, thanks for sharing.
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I've seen a spine straightening video of a boy who was bent down in a u, no doctor would touch him in fear of hurting him or getting in trouble, one brave doctor went all in told the kid this is going to hurt can you take it he said yes. That kid and doctor were both troopers, he shoved so hard the kid was in pain but wanted to keep going, after a long long while of this treatment he can stand up straight now. I was blown away, because I've always had mild scoliosis and had no idea it could be treated so effectively, probably just doctors not wanting held liable. Great video, thanks for sharing.
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WhatWouldHouseDo
SCM and the suboccipitals can also be an issue with HFP, especially with people who work on computers- they tend to jut their head towards the screen, shortening SCM and tightening the suboccs. This habit can be exacerbated if the person wears multifocal lenses, because they need to constantly lift their head up to focus closer. You can do a pin and stretch to the SCMs at the chest attachments and use a tennis ball at the mastoid attachments and to the suboccipitals- lie down and use your hand under the ball to dig in and release under the skull.
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SCM and the suboccipitals can also be an issue with HFP, especially with people who work on computers- they tend to jut their head towards the screen, shortening SCM and tightening the suboccs. This habit can be exacerbated if the person wears multifocal lenses, because they need to constantly lift their head up to focus closer. You can do a pin and stretch to the SCMs at the chest attachments and use a tennis ball at the mastoid attachments and to the suboccipitals- lie down and use your hand under the ball to dig in and release under the skull.
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Doolaga
I legitimately had an apiphony during a mushrooms trip relating to this, I've had bad posture for a while and I've realised my whole life I haven't really known how to activate my muscles properly so not only has sitting wrong made it bad but using my shoulders and lower back to lift anything heavy has made some muscles really strong and some not at all
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I legitimately had an apiphony during a mushrooms trip relating to this, I've had bad posture for a while and I've realised my whole life I haven't really known how to activate my muscles properly so not only has sitting wrong made it bad but using my shoulders and lower back to lift anything heavy has made some muscles really strong and some not at all
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-ethal
Not proud to say this but I was 4 year Fortnite veteran according to epic games I have nearly 5000 hours played but here recently I realized I wasting life away and got a job and a car and doing well but still have the nerd neck slumped over body posture think ima need to have my whole body cracked back in place to have normal body posture again ---
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Not proud to say this but I was 4 year Fortnite veteran according to epic games I have nearly 5000 hours played but here recently I realized I wasting life away and got a job and a car and doing well but still have the nerd neck slumped over body posture think ima need to have my whole body cracked back in place to have normal body posture again ---
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Kallie
Can you guys do a video for t4 syndrome? I experienced whiplash / brachial plexus entrapment / raised ribs )
I feel this video because I have the affects of brain fog/ depression / pain/ weakness etc from this incident & im trying to work my way back to health / happiness as the gym was my life prior to this
Also feel better Jessie!
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Can you guys do a video for t4 syndrome? I experienced whiplash / brachial plexus entrapment / raised ribs )
I feel this video because I have the affects of brain fog/ depression / pain/ weakness etc from this incident & im trying to work my way back to health / happiness as the gym was my life prior to this
Also feel better Jessie!
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Lord
This is great! Why do you get Jessie to drop the hips into anterior tilt? I have a similar posture problem and my hips always sit in that position because of the curve in my lower back and I feel like they need to tilt back the other way rather than drop deeper?
Also do the muscles at the back of the neck need to be strengthened?
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This is great! Why do you get Jessie to drop the hips into anterior tilt? I have a similar posture problem and my hips always sit in that position because of the curve in my lower back and I feel like they need to tilt back the other way rather than drop deeper?
Also do the muscles at the back of the neck need to be strengthened?
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Savana
I-m going to try these exercises! I work out regularly, but I sing more than anything. My daily singing exercises started to put strain on my neck, which helped me realize my natural posture was unhealthy. Singing absolutely requires strength in so many parts of the body, not just the throat. Thank you for your help!
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I-m going to try these exercises! I work out regularly, but I sing more than anything. My daily singing exercises started to put strain on my neck, which helped me realize my natural posture was unhealthy. Singing absolutely requires strength in so many parts of the body, not just the throat. Thank you for your help!
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sport
Can you make an updated video to strengthen neck and lower back muscles? I have forward head tilt and I believe this is due to weakened neck muscle.
Also I have posterior pelvic tilt and my lower back posture muscles seem to be very weak.
I am not sure which exercises to perform. I would appreciate the video!
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Can you make an updated video to strengthen neck and lower back muscles? I have forward head tilt and I believe this is due to weakened neck muscle.
Also I have posterior pelvic tilt and my lower back posture muscles seem to be very weak.
I am not sure which exercises to perform. I would appreciate the video!
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