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Here’s how to fix “tech neck” and prevent it in the future, according to chiropractors. Plus, these are all the products to buy to help alleviate neck pain from “tech neck.”
The neck is a common area in which to develop pain from desk work. Looking at a computer monitor, we often jut our neck forward rather than tucking in our chin, as we should.
So the posterior neck muscles (especially the upper fibres of trapezius) holding the head in its forward position, often sustained for many hours, can strain, producing individual myofibril and cell damage. Repair of this microtrauma involves the laying down of adhesive fibrosis, as a normal part of the inflammatory response.
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Neck pain may arise due to muscular tightness in both the neck and upper back, or pinching of the nerves emanating from the cervical vertebrae. Joint disruption in the neck creates pain, as does joint disruption in the upper back. The head is supported by the lower neck and upper back, and it is these areas that commonly cause neck pain.
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The face may get all the attention when it comes to cosmetic treatments, but the neck deserves love, too. Novel technologies that go beyond creams deliver lifted, sculpted necks—without surgery.