Neck
pain: A Problem of Posture and Tension
Most neck pain is caused by
tension and posture issues. Daily
life stressors and anxiety are perhaps the most frequent cause of
neck pain, as stress increases the muscle tone in structures of the body that
require frequent muscle activation to stabilize, the neck is the primary
victim of your stress.
If
frequent, there could be association with migraines and headaches, which is
called cervicogenic headache. With regards to posture, a slouched posture that
constantly places the head or the shoulder in a forward position, will
shorten the suboccipital muscle groups (a series of short/strong muscles that
connect the back of the neck to the skull) and these will tilt the skull on the
neck vertebrae, placing tension on the muscles, and restrictions to the blood
flow of the vertebral artery, and thus create neck pain, headaches, and
migraines. Maintaining this posture of backward bending or extension over time,
will also put much pressure on the facet joints, in the back of the cervical
spine, and will translate onto osteoarthritis of the neck that will also cause
chronic pain.
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Marsha
McArthur, LMT, BCTMB, DOMP
Asclepieion
Massage Therapy
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