Dealing With Posture and Headache Pain in a Flexion Addicted Society  FIGURE 1
A: Headache - B: Dowager’s Hump - C: Rib Pain - D: Low Back Pain - E: Hip Pain - F: Knee Pain - G: Faulty Breathing - H: Rotator Cuff - I: Carpal Tunnel Why do so many people with forward head posture complain of headaches? It is true that many people who struggle with recurring headaches in America today do indeed have forward head posture and slumped shoulders. Obviously there are many causes of headaches, but the suboccipitals (those muscles that connect from your cervical spine to the base of your skull) are one of the primary culprits.
Notice in Figure 1 just how many areas of your body are affected by constantly sitting in a flexed position at the computer. If you look at letter A in Fig 1. notice how the head wants to look downward but the eyes in an effort to remain level extend the head backwards creating a reverse C (lordosis) in the neck. This puts tremendous pressure on your spine and strains those sub-occipital muscles even more.
If this neck problem along with rounded shoulders and a tight back are to be dealt with so there is some long lasting success you need to work patterns and groups of muscles for overall balance. Some muscles are chronically tight (hypertonic) like pectorals, upper trapezius,sternocleidomastoid, anterior scalenes and suboccipitals. These muscles are in chronic spasm and contracture and need to be weakened. Other muscles such as rhomboids and serratus anterior are weak or inhibited which means they need to be strengthened.
You may not be able to name these muscles but you can sure feel them. We will review them before we start a treatment program if you suffer from these constantly flexed symptoms.
 FIGURE 2 One of the most common complaints clients have is pain between the shoulder blades. This is many times caused by an imbalance between the upper trapezius, rhomboids and serratus anterior. One group of muscles is tight and overstretched while the other group is weak. A strategy must be developed to treat the strain pattern. Just working on trigger points or one group of muscles will give only temporary relief.
____________________________________________ EFT (Emotional Freedom Techniques) is a wonderful self help tool that can help clients deal with pain and a variety of emotional issues. Below I have provided an easy to use introduction. Please read, explore, and call if you have any questions.
EFT is a powerful self-help method based on research showing that emotional trauma contributes greatly to disease. Clinical trials have shown that EFT is able to rapidly reduce the emotional impact of memories and incidents that trigger emotional distress. Once the distress is reduced or removed, the body can often rebalance itself, and accelerate healing. Here's how you can experience this for yourself: - Try EFT yourself by downloading a free starter package which includes starter manual @ www.emofree.com, It gives you all the basics and allows you to test drive EFT on your own issues (although at a beginner's level). If you like what you see and want to learn more or try a session give me a call. Caveat: For people who are emotionally or physically frail, qualified health professionals should be consulted before using any health procedure, including EFT.
- Read the exhaustive list of actual cases on the website. These are written by clients, therapists and physicians and allow you to see EFTs possibilities through the eyes of both newcomers and professionals. Note the wide variety of successes. This is why you are encouraged to, "Try it on everything."
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