Jon A
Level 2 Valued Member
I found a very helpful video today, and just thought I'd share it in case other people were having the same problem as me.
When I think of 'good posture', I always think of someone standing bolt upright in a kind of military stance. But apparently 'military neck' is a problem, because it puts too much strain on your 2nd cervical vertebra. I've realised that myself over the years, because if I got into what I thought was 'good' posture, I'd end up with a sore neck before too long.
This video (on YouTube) shows you how to fix that by sending your occipital bone (the pointy protruberance at the back of your skull) backwards instead of cranking your chin down and back and putting strain on your neck. (The whole video was useful to me, but the specific part about the neck starts at 0:50 ish. I can't vouch for the contents of the video, of course, but the guy is very qualified and seems to know his subject in and out.)
I'm sorry if this is old news to people, but it was such a lightbulb moment for me that I thought I'd share.
Cheers,
Jon
When I think of 'good posture', I always think of someone standing bolt upright in a kind of military stance. But apparently 'military neck' is a problem, because it puts too much strain on your 2nd cervical vertebra. I've realised that myself over the years, because if I got into what I thought was 'good' posture, I'd end up with a sore neck before too long.
This video (on YouTube) shows you how to fix that by sending your occipital bone (the pointy protruberance at the back of your skull) backwards instead of cranking your chin down and back and putting strain on your neck. (The whole video was useful to me, but the specific part about the neck starts at 0:50 ish. I can't vouch for the contents of the video, of course, but the guy is very qualified and seems to know his subject in and out.)
I'm sorry if this is old news to people, but it was such a lightbulb moment for me that I thought I'd share.
Cheers,
Jon