Any position of the body in which the head is forward of the body’s center of gravity is a potential troublemaker---causing neck, upper back, and shoulder tension and discomfort.
Watch out for any of these postures or positions:
----bending the head forward, whether sitting or standing,
----straining the chin / head forward ("leading with your
chin"), such as when using a computer,
----pivoting forward from the hips when sitting.
In all of these positions, the head is forward of the body’s center of gravity, forcing posterior cervical muscles to work overtime to support the weight of the head.
This results in muscle fatigue, tension, chronic reduction of blood flow into contracted muscles, build-up of cellular toxic wastes / inability of cells to rid cellular metabolic wastes because of impeded blood circulation, and pain.
