Subject: Don't be one of the Walking Dead...(how to fix it)
Seen something like this before?
I have. I've seen "herds" of people like this before...faces buried in their devices, walking down the street, heads craned down, necks all bent out of shape, oblivious to the world around them.
Now don't get me wrong, I've got an iPhone and an iPad that I use all the time...these things are great.
I just see two big problems here that I want to talk about...
1. Look up every once in awhile, especially before you cross the street (for real). I hope you know this one already, but I've seen some things and cars don't always stop.
2. Watch out for your neck position.
While it sounds a bit like parental badgering (i.e. if you make that face all the time, it'll freeze like that), in the case, something like that is actually true.
If your neck is constantly in a state of flexion from looking down at your device, your neck muscles (and connective tissue and even your bones over time) will gradually take up a permanently flexed forward position...(also known as "text neck").
And if you don't address it, it's going to wreck your posture, making you hunched over, shorter, "contracted" and honestly, just feel old before your time.
These long-term changes to your body are serious.
They CAN be corrected, though...
My friends and colleagues Rick Kaselj and Mike Westerdal have just released a new program called "Forward Head Posture Fix"
The name is not glamorous...however, it perfectly describes what this program is all about....fixing that forward neck tilt that can happen not only from using a device for long periods, but from reading, looking down too long, as well as poor posture in general.
In this program, you'll get an easy-to-follow sequence for correcting this problem in as little as 15 minutes.
Look, we all know that texting and smart phones and tablets and computers aren't going away. What you DO need to know is how to use easy exercises and techniques to fix the long-term postural issues that can come from using these devices.
Nick Nilsson
The "Mad Scientist of Muscle"