If you are here and reading this article, you are likely someone who has been suffering with “text neck” or “phone neck syndrome". The term "Phone Neck Syndrome" describes our health condition that develops from frequent usage of screens especially phones while we are texting and scrolling.
Poor posture goes beyond aesthetics and can have surprising and often overlooked consequences that significantly affect our health. From headaches, neck and lower back pain to shoulder pain and digestive problems, the effects of poor posture permeate various systems within our bodies.
Headache pain results from signals interacting among your brain, blood vessels and surrounding nerves. During a headache, multiple mechanisms activate specific nerves that affect muscles and blood vessels. These nerves send pain signals to your brain, causing a headache.
According to the American Association of Neurological Surgeons, 75 to 85 percent of Americans experience back pain in their lifetime. Of those, 50 percent have more than one episode within a year.