Holding your head down to look at a mobile when texting can put a real strain on the body. A recent study states that texting can harm your health. Poor posture is one of the main causes.
Text Pain, Neck Pain
Our heads are quite heavy, around 4-5kg. This is the weight of 4-5 litres of water:
Better Posture
This is fine when the head is in balance. But tip the head forward and start multiplying those bottles of water.
Thus good posture and head balance is important. This is what the Alexander Technique is all about. Imagine a point between your ears. This is where the head neck joint is.
Forehead Forward
Next, consider that the forehead faces forward and doesn’t tilt upward. We don’t need to fix it the head into place but need to think for it to be in balance.
Phone to eyes, not head to phone
Now let’s bring the phone into the picture. Instead of tilting the head down, we can bring the phone upwards towards the eyes. This leaves the head neck balance alone and takes the strain off the neck, back and shoulders.
Alexander Technique Lessons
Any Alexander Technique practitioner can help you learn the skill of ‘mind talking to muscle’. We help you to understand what natural body use is and how to achieve it for yourself. We have a very gentle touch which guides the body how to let go more, even when it may have spent years, or even decades, holding on for dear life.
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This is so clearly and well explained! The thought of thinking of your forehead actually facing forwards is easy to picture and makes a real difference. It seems simple when you put it like that. Thank you!