How Gadgets Are Giving You a Pain in the Neck: The Rise of Tech-Induced Neck Pain

Gadgets have permeated every aspect of our lives in today's fast-paced digital environment. These technological marvels, which range from laptops and gaming consoles to smartphones and tablets, have revolutionised the way we work, play, and communicate. Our lives are sometimes easier and more connected by these devices, but they have a hidden drawback: a rise in the incidence of neck pain and other related difficulties. In order to maintain a healthy connection with technology, we'll look at how neck pain can be exacerbated by electronics in this article and provide advice on how to reduce its impacts.

 

Gadget Overload: Unraveling the Hidden Perils of Tech Neck

"Tech neck," often known as "text neck," is a modern illness caused by the proliferation of electronic devices. This ailment is characterised by neck pain and strain caused by repeatedly bending the neck forwards to see screens at unusual angles. The average human head weighs about 5 kgs, yet as we tilt our heads...

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How can we reduce neck pain and stiffness to help decrease your headache or migraine?

If you know that neck pain is adding, contributing, or causing your headaches and migraines, then today's video is for you. So today I'm going to show you an exercise to help reduce your neck pain and stiffness to hopefully help decrease your headaches and migraines.

Hi, I'm Dr Beth osteopath here at Melbourne Headache Solutions.

Neck pain and stiffness are two of the most common associated features with headaches and migraines. We know that there's one of the leading causes of headaches and migraines. Particularly, the top three joints in the neck, but you can't have healthy top three joints in the neck without having a healthy rest of the spine as well.

If it feels like concrete and it moves like concrete, then basically you can't have a healthy top part of the spine and you're going to get headaches and migraine. So, we need to make sure that your cervical spine and your neck is moving nice and healthily to help decrease those headaches and migraines.

So particularly for...

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