Text Neck – Pain From Excessive Cell-Phone Use

While text neck may seem like a playful term, it can be quite painful and destructive. In a technologically driven society with a growing population of mobile users, text neck is becoming more and more prevalent.

Not only is there a growing population of mobile users, but the users are getting younger and younger. From a chiropractic and medical standpoint, this is quite the worrisome statistic…

At Chawla Chiropractic, we specialize in the treatment, rehabilitation, and prevention of injuries such as text neck, among other things.

What is Text Neck?

Text neck is a sustained injury from the utilization of mobile devices over a long period of time. The leading cause? Bad posture…An excessive postural deficiency from constant downward neck position, spinal curvature, and shoulder internal rotation in what accompanies the act of prolonged texting and mobile device usage.

As stated in the preface of this article, this sustained injury is beginning to turn into a chronic health condition of epidemic proportions and more attention needs to be given to this lifestyle issue.

If you want to become more proactive and aware of this issue, you first need to become aware of its symptoms:

Common Symptoms of Text Neck

• Neck pain, stiffness, and soreness
• Lack of range-of-motion
• Muscular weakness in the neck, back, and shoulders
• Headaches and migraines

These symptoms are only the onset of a much bigger issue due to text neck. If this injury isn’t caught and treated early, larger issues can begin to arise like:

• Slipped discs
• Arthritis
• Degeneration of the spine
• Lack of lung capacity

This is why it’s important to not only treat it if it becomes an issue, but to PREVENT it before it becomes an issue…

How Can Chiropractic Care Help?

Here at Chawla Chiropractic, Dr. Sudeep Chawla is a highly trained and qualified Chiropractor to correct and manage text neck and its associated problems.

We approach it from a bony structural and muscular functional standpoint. Through the analysis and locating of the injury, we can begin to treat the problem and hopefully eliminate the pain entirely.

In short, text neck causes the vertebrae to become misaligned. Through chiropractic care, we can naturally adjust the spine and its corresponding vertebrae in order to correct the issue and bring it back to baseline.

Please contact us via the following:

Phone: (617) 334-5002
Email: drc@chawlachiropractic.com
Address: 42 Eastern Ave Malden, MA 02148

Summary

If there is one takeaway that you get from reading this article, it’s that prevention is the most important thing! Becoming mindfully aware of how much you’re utilizing your phone, the posture that you’re putting yourself in, and the potential downfalls of doing so, you give yourself the best chance at avoiding any future entanglements.

With that said, if you do believe that you have text neck, not all is lost! Contact us here at Chawla Chiropractic and we’ll take care of you!