{"id":151,"date":"2018-07-16T07:00:31","date_gmt":"2018-07-16T07:00:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/hallettsvillechiropractor.com\/blog\/?p=151"},"modified":"2018-07-06T03:20:58","modified_gmt":"2018-07-06T03:20:58","slug":"tech-neck-a-headache-waiting-to-happen","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hallettsvillechiropractor.com\/blog\/tech-neck-a-headache-waiting-to-happen\/","title":{"rendered":"Tech Neck: A Headache Waiting to Happen"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"blog\" src=\"https:\/\/hallettsvillechiropractor.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/migraine-2s.png\" alt=\"Tech Neck\" width=\"250\" height=\"131\" \/>Bottom Line:<\/strong> Are you connected to your phone and computer around the clock? Think about it &#8211; many of us aren\u2019t more than an arm&#8217;s length from our phone at any time (even when we\u2019re sleeping). It\u2019s part of living in a connected world, but all of that time on the phone cruising Amazon and Buzzfeed takes a toll. It can place a lot of tension on the supporting muscles of our neck and start to cause headaches. It\u2019s called \u201ctech neck\u201d, and it&#8217;s one of the most common causes of headaches and neck pain.<!--more--><\/p>\n<p><strong>Why it Matters:\u00a0<\/strong>Messaging on WhatsApp, updating Instagram, and commenting on your friend\u2019s Facebook page is fun. However, the hours per day we spend on our phones and computers can be a significant contributor to tension headaches. Thankfully, you don\u2019t need to throw away your phone to start solving the problem. Visiting a chiropractor has been shown to decrease both the frequency and severity of tension headaches. Chiropractors are the best natural healthcare option for people suffering from headaches.<\/p>\n<ul class=\"small\">\n<li>\u201cTech neck\u201d is the term used to describe the symptoms of headaches, neck pain, and poor posture as a result of using your phone, tablet, and computer.<\/li>\n<li>Chiropractors can decrease the pain and reverse the effects of \u201ctech neck\u201d through adjustments and postural exercises.<\/li>\n<li>Pro-actively addressing \u201ctech neck\u201d may help to prevent it from causing pain in the future.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Next Steps:\u00a0<\/strong>Share this research with your friend who has the most followers on Instagram. If they are spending a lot of time engaged online and taking awesome pictures, then they are very likely suffering from tension headaches as a result of their posture when using their phone. Share this post right now, post it to Instagram or Facebook, and tag them! They will be happy you did.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Science Source:<\/strong><br \/>\n(1) <a class=\"citation\" href=\"https:\/\/www.jmptonline.org\/article\/S0161-4754(11)00068-6\/fulltext?code=ymmt-site\">Evidence-Based Guidelines for the Chiropractic Treatment of Adults with Headache. Journal of Manipulative and Physiological Therapeutics. Volume 34, Number 5. 2011<\/a><br \/>\n(2) <a class=\"citation\" href=\"https:\/\/www.sciencedirect.com\/science\/article\/pii\/S1556370714000054\">Efficacy of Manual and Manipulative Therapy in the Perception of Pain and Cervical Motion in Patients with a Tension-Type Headache: A Randomized, Controlled Clinical Trial. Journal of Chiropractic Medicine (2014) 13, 4-13<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Are you connected to your phone and computer around the clock? Think about it &#8211; many of us aren\u2019t more than an arm&#8217;s length from our phone at any time (even when we\u2019re sleeping). It can place a lot of tension on the supporting muscles of our neck and start to cause headaches. It\u2019s called \u201ctech neck\u201d, and it&#8217;s one of the most common causes of headaches and neck pain.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[8],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-151","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-headaches"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/hallettsvillechiropractor.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/151"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/hallettsvillechiropractor.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/hallettsvillechiropractor.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hallettsvillechiropractor.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hallettsvillechiropractor.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=151"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/hallettsvillechiropractor.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/151\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":153,"href":"https:\/\/hallettsvillechiropractor.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/151\/revisions\/153"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/hallettsvillechiropractor.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=151"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hallettsvillechiropractor.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=151"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hallettsvillechiropractor.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=151"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}