What is “tech neck,” you ask? Tech neck is classified as a condition that is caused by a strain on the neck, back, and shoulder muscles. It develops from tilting 
your head in a downward posture for long periods of time. As a result, it will cause strain to your neck, shoulder, and back muscles to strain thus resulting in tech neck. This blog will address how to aid in avoiding “tech neck” through proper posture, strengthening, and onsite chair massage.
Technology has become an important life for many of us on a daily basis. If you work in the office, however, technology is everything to you. Each day you enter that office building, you use a variety of tech to help you complete your job efficiently. Without all the help that these electronics provide us, we would be struggling to meet deadlines. It’s insane to think about all the gadgets that we use in the office. Swipe cards to log into shifts/ open doors, computers to get our major work done, tablets, phones, projectors, speakers, the list goes on. These things are made to make our days a little bit easier, but they don’t only provide us with benefits.
When you’re sitting in your office chair at your desk, you may notice that you aren’t exactly sitting up straight. This is something commonly known as “tech neck” which is a form of bad posture that consists of our heads drooping and our shoulders positioned forward. This posture has become prominent due to phone and computer usage. Since we need to get a better view of the screen, we adapt our bodies to see better and type easier. While this may seem harmless, it can actually affect many different things. It has been shown that slouching and bad posture promotes decreased energy and can affect your mood.
THREE Solutions for you
Proper Posture
After learning about how bad posture can affect your mood and your energy, you might want to try a few changes in your lifestyle. The first one is relatively easy and can help show you results over a period of time. Changing your desk setup to promote proper posture is a small change that can help you in incredible ways. There are a wide variety of ways you could go about this, whether you buy chair pads to help you sit up straight or re-positioning your computer for easier access to the screen and keyboard.
Core Strength
There are a few recommended exercises you can begin daily that can improve your posture. Holding your body in rough positions emphasizes stability in your body. Some examples include Push-ups, deadlifts, or planks. By emphasizing stability in your workouts, you can expect to see a change in how you stabilize yourself while sitting down in a chair. You will have more control over the way you’re positioned and your body as a whole.
Onsite Chair Massage
Spending years using bad posture is a difficult habit to break and many of us have yet to do so. This can cause pain in your back that is very hard to get rid of. To take a step in the right direction, we have loyal clients trusting us with offering Chair Massage in Maryland for 16+ years! Corporate Massage Kneads is owned and operated by a licensed massage therapist for 21 years!
Our experts will make sure to relieve pain from the common problem areas you have from bad posture. With this pain gone, expect to have a happier mood overall and increased energy levels! Request your free quote today and experience pain relief.
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