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If you suffer from headaches, neck, or back pain, then forward head posture may be the culprit.
One of the main questions I often get asked in the dental clinic is how to fix forward head posture.
It’s important to note that mouth breathing is often the root cause of forward head posture. The body and skeletal system moves muscles and supporting structures to accommodate breathing patterns.
When our head posture or jaws are in the incorrect position, an open mouth is often a compensation in order to allow mouth breathing as a survival mechanism.
Over time forward head posture puts pressure in the back of the skull, neck, and jaw. Symptoms can include:
- Headaches
- Neck pain
- Jaw pain
- Jaw clicking
- Shoulder pain
- Chest pain
- Dental decay
- Gum disease
- Voice issues
- Tingling or numbness in hands
- Snoring
- Teeth grinding
- Difficulty to sleep
Many patients we see in the dental clinic suffer from forward head posture due to mouth breathing habits. As we assess their jaw structure, we see that there are many movement based patterns that can help fix forward head posture.
Today my guest is Aaron Alexander, the author of the Align Method and host of the Align podcast.
Aaron has worked with some of world’s greatest professional athletes, performers, celebrities, and everyone in between, to relieve pain while creating greater strength, flexibility, and ease in their mind and body.
After working with thousands of clients and spending years backpacking around the world, being immersed in various cultures, he has come to the conclusion that the healthiest people are not gym rats. Instead, they naturally integrate the foundational principles outlined in The Align Method to strengthen their bodies, balance their minds, and activate their innate systems of healing in daily life.
Aaron has simplified ancient techniques for cultivating vitality and assimilated them into modernized, simplified, movement-based principles for you to easily integrate into any situation throughout the day. When you do, every moment becomes an opportunity to develop greater strength, flexibility and confidence to truly step into your physical potential and drop the baggage of pain and limitation.
You can find out more about Aaron Alexander at:
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