The Three Main Cause of Tech Neck

Do you wake up with a stiff neck and pain?

Is it uncomfortable to turn your neck from side to side? 

Your neck is designed to have a forward curve and constant stress can have an impact on that curve, leading to neck pain.

Here are the three main culprits in modern neck pain: 

Traumas and Accidents - Whiplash injuries, sports accidents, and other accidents from your past can
lead to a decreased or reverse curve. 

It Never Developed - The forward neck curve develops when we are babies. This primarily happens as we crawl and have tummy time, which ideally forces us to look upward and develop this curve. Decreased tummy time, rushed walking, and even baby activity centers and walkers stop or severely limit the development. 

Chronic Looking Down -This is most commonly associated with technology, hence the name "tech neck." Phone use, computer screen time, and TV watching  are almost exclusively done while looking down. Do that for hours on end, day after day, and you end up with an adapted neck that has no curve.

Learn more about tech neck in our latest article! 

Tech Neck as a Leading Cause of Neck Pain in Ann Arbor 

If you’re tired of dealing with neck pain in Ann Arbor, schedule an appointment to meet with our team! Technology use may be unavoidable, but your pain isn’t.

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What Causes Tech Neck?

 Does your work require long hours in front of a screen? 

Do you spend hours scrolling through your social media feed? 

The act of looking down at phone, computer, and phone screens may be causing you more harm than you think! 

What Causes Tech Neck? 

A loss in the curve of the neck can potentially affect any of the nerves in your neck and even your upper
back. This loss of curve is increasingly more common. But what causes a straight neck, which we commonly call tech neck?

Common causes include: 

• Chronic looking down 
• Never developing a healthy curve
• Trauma or accident

Learn more about common causes of the modern epidemic that is tech neck in our latest article! 

You Don’t Have to Suffer Through Neck Pain in Ann Arbor! 

Can’t avoid screens in your daily life? 

The pain of tech neck may feel unavoidable, but there is something you can do for relief! Contact our office to schedule an appointment to make neck pain in Ann Arbor a thing of your past!