Name: How to Fix Forward Head | Slumped Posture (PERMANENTLY!)
Uploaded: 2019-09-10T03:18:56.000Z
Duration: 9 min 46 s
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Today I'm going to show you how to fix that ugly, forward-head posture.

JEFF: Was that actually you in that video?

JEFF: Okay, concussion number 17, I think, in that video.

There will be a serious message attached to that as well.

However, what we're trying to do here today is fix that forward head posture and do it

When it comes to postural fixes, a lot of times people approach it in the wrong way.

I'm going to show you the right way to do it, specifically the right way to correct

So, you never have to deal with it ever again.

To set the stage for this correction, it's important that you differentiate between the

site of the issues that you're having and the actual source of the issues you're having

I've talked about this concept before, in relation to medial elbow pain.

A very common source of pain for a lot of people that lift weights.

However, if you looked at this area alone in trying to attack the problem, maybe did

some ultrasound, or you massaged the area you'd be doing nothing long term to fix

I made a whole video about how the source of this issue led all the way out here in

What happens is, you have to learn how to look above and below the site.

When it comes to the neck itself, you really can't go looking too far up overhead because

It's very easy to see that because we know the spine is one, interconnected unit.

We know if we did something to the spine below it's going to have repercussions and compensations

All you have to do is look at that example right here.

If I were to take a spine and put it into thoracic flexion here, like this – which

we see all too often – we know what's happening is not necessarily an issue with

the neck, but a compensation of the neck to go back into this direction.

Because we know we want to keep our eyes aligned, to be able to see what's happening in front

So, if I were to round myself down, my head's looking down, but I have to make that adjustment

Likewise, I could go even further down the spine here into the lumbar spine and I could

As I do that it takes that thoracic area into excessive flexion.

In order to get my head back into that position to see right, I've got to make another adjustment

So, a lot of times this site, this type of thing going on here has nothing to do with

There are some things we're going to have to address from a strength standpoint, but

most of all, it's what's happening down here.

I'm going to show you exactly how we do that with Jesse, right now.

So, we go from that skeleton to a skeleton with a little bit of meat on him.

You're going to feel and see this right away.

If we're here we know this is one connected element and this is a compensation.

So, if I say, “sit up straight”, try to sit up right now in your chair straight, immediately,

as soon as I do that, I still have this rounded shoulder thing going on.

We still have this thoracic rounding, but we've gotten less.

It's gotten less severe because we fixed the spine from below.

Next what I have to do is say “Jesse, stick your chest out as far as you possibly can”.

By doing that, look what happens to the head.

All of a sudden, the head and neck are in proper position.

They no longer have to compensate and adjust to the positioning of the rounded thoracic

As a matter of fact, you don't really ever see people who still have this corrected and

then have that head that protrudes that far out.

That's happening only in conjunction with these other things going on.

So, if we could fix these things, we would be well on our way to getting rid of this

The good news is, I'm going to show you exactly what to do for that now and we're

going to be able to do that with a bench, just like this – or even the side of a couch,

if you're doing this at home – to get going on it right away.

There's a two-part fix to this and it starts right here.

You're going to be able to do this, like I said, on that bench or even the arm of a

It's going to hit all the areas at once that we already talked about over there.

So, we know that this is one of the areas we need to get more extension through.

So, if we can use something to get us to get more into extension, we're on the right

We know we can do that right here with the edge of the bench.

Almost acting as if it's a foam roller, or any type of mobility tool.

Jesse props himself up while pushing the edge of this right at that point of most restriction.

Now, we know we could also address that secondary component here, the lower portion, the lumbar

spine, and get out of that posterior tilt that he's in and get into an anterior tilt

So, with that combination you're in a good spot to start working on the third component.

That is the strength of the deep flexors of the neck that tend to get a little weak over

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