Forward head posture neck massage neck pain sleep apnea sleep disorders a client recently came in complaining of pain and tension in his head neck and shoulders. We studied the degree of extension affected by the severity of apnea on natural head position.
Cervical posture parameters may indicate existing obstructive sleep apnea.
Forward head posture sleep apnea. 7 a study shows that sleep disorders could be due to an incorrect head posture of osa subjects who are prone to greater craniocervical extension with a forward head posture. This study is from 2016 and somehow i missed it in my previous searches. Craniocervical posture is related to the stomatognathic system based on the concept of craniocervicomandibular system which defines the morpho functional unit comprising the head neck and jaw.
The word apnea originates from the greek word apnoia and means without. It seems to be so common these days along with rounded shoulders and general bad posture and movement. At our initial conversation he mentioned that he spends long hours on the computer.
Your posture may be strangling you while you sleep. Head posture showed significant differences in patients with sleep apnea. According to the cdc an estimated 50 70 million us adults have sleep disorder.
Like i said previously there needs to be a study designed to look at more of these variables. In fact back in april 1998 the european journal of orthodontics published a study natural head posture upper airway morphology and obstructive sleep apnea severity in adults it found that patients with osa also tend to exhibit a craniocervical extension with a forward head posture. Or the forward head posture early in life could be the cause of obstructive sleep apnea later in life.
This ranges from snoring to the most common problem being obstructive sleep apnea osa. Forward head posture is something that a lot of people struggle with especially teenagers and young adults. Obstructive sleep apnea could be causing the postural reflex of forward head posture to increase the pharyngeal airway.
According to a 2016 study sleep apnea is associated with forward head posture i do a talk on sleep and every once in a while i like to look for relevant studies on sleep issues including sleep apnea.
