We spend countless hours of our time on computers, smartphones and tablets. Research says that we spend 1400 hours(on average) each year on smartphones. While checking emails, text, Facebook and Instagram posts, unbeknownst to us we over stress the forward curve on our necks.. To describe this widespread problem, doctors have come up with the term TECH NECK.
What is a tech neck? How does it affect your health? To understand this better, we need to learn about our cervical spine.
Cervical spine is the anatomical name of neck, which consists of 7 small vertebrae and is the most movable and flexible part of our spine, it allows our head to move up and down and turn side to side. Cervical spine has a natural lordotic curvature, which allows our neck to bend inward gently, and helps even out the backward or kyphotic curve of our thoracic spine and helps balance the weight of our head evenly. Since our cervical spine is highly flexible, it’s also more vulnerable to pain and damage. One frequent source of this damage is tech neck.
Also referred to as cervical kyphosis, frequent painful conditions that result from hunchback and slouching. Many employees and individuals use their electronic devices excessively, thus issues start when we bend our neck forward which:
