Forward Head Posture – Part Three

Please read these articles first if you haven’t yet:

Longus Colli Strengthening Exercise – Avoiding Texting Neck

Avoiding Forward Head Posture – Part Two

And here we’ll talk about another fundamental cause of a texting neck, or “forward head posture”.

It’s #2 among the reasons explained in the video below. Namely, flat feet.

Forward Head Posture – “Don’t Blame Your Neck” Situation

Watch the explanation from 1:37 till 3:00.

The logic behind this is that pronated feet make your outer hip (technically, “greater trochanter”) come forward beyond the vertical line which goes from heels. This causes an exaggerated lumbar lordosis, because your body want to hold a balance. And, as a “ripple effect” this MAY CAUSE an exaggerated kyphosis.

Do you want scientific proofs? Here you are: this  and, more specific, this.

In the picture below Katy Bowman (the link leads to her wonderful book about body alignment) demonstrates hip-heels misalignment (the left picture).

So, APN (anterior pelvic tilt) and forward head posture very often come together.

And that’s why you’ll not address a “texting neck” only by addressingthe upper part of the body.

Actually, as you may have noticed, it’s not always flat feet are to blame in hip-heel misalignment. Overpronated feet cause the same effect. High heel cause the same effect. Shortened psoas may cause the same effect.

Just look at how high heels influence a spine curve.

How To Check Hip-Heel Misalignment

Watch this video demonstrating how you can measure your hip-heel misalignment.

The takeaway: it’s all connected in your body. You want to fix you head forward posture – begin from a body and posture analysis.

By the way, it’s time to work with you feet (they are often underestimated), don’t you think so?

Feet Mobilization Technique

Don’t miss out this excellent feet mobilization technique. By the way, on 0:56 in the video by that link you’ll learn awesome simple test to check if your feet are overpronated.

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