Looking down at your phone can be a pain in the neck — literally! They call this discomfort tech neck, text neck or phone neck. And if it hasn’t happened to you yet, chances are at some point it will if you use a smartphone, tablet or laptop regularly. So what can we do about this? See my post on the Blue Cross NC blog for 5 exercises to help prevent and relieve neck pain from tech neck or Continue Reading
VIDEO: 5 exercises to relieve neck pain from looking down at your phone
Looking down at your phone can be a pain in the neck -- literally! They call this discomfort tech neck, text neck or phone neck. And if it hasn’t happened to you yet, chances are at some point it will if you’re a phone user. Why is this? Well, your head weighs about 10-12 pounds when your spine is in a neutral position. But when you bend your head forward, the stress this places on the neck Continue Reading