Forward Head Posture

Identify Forward Head Posture

and Help Correct It.

Forward Head Posture 

(Protraction of the cervical spine)

> Forward head posture is often increases in people with shoulder pain (Greenfield et al. 1995). 

> Forward head posture reduces shoulder flexion ROM (Bullock, Foster, and Wright 2005). 

> A combination of forward head posture and rounded shoulders changes the angle of 

   movement of the scapula in the frontal plane. 

At-a-glance Summary

Possible Weak Muscles: Deep neck flexors. 

(The Cervical Spine Movement Pattern can confirm if these muscles are weak).

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