Do you also wake up in the morning feeling light, however, once you step into that familiar office and sit at your desk before you start to get into your work, your neck starts to quietly protest? Like a stubborn child, it starts to get stiff and the pain hits like a pinch that you can't ignore.
The neck is like an overstretched rubber band that was originally soft and flexible, but by staying in one position for a long time, it starts to get tight and even a little twisted. This is what white-collar workers often call “the price of a sedentary lifestyle”. Neck pain, for these people, is like the office of the “frequent visitor”, from time to time to knock on the door to visit. According to statistics, the annual prevalence of neck pain among white-collar workers who sit in the office for long hours is as high as 45%. This means that almost one out of every two white-collar workers has experienced or is experiencing neck pain.
Sometimes, it is because the soft tissues around the cervical spine have been compressed for a long time, like cotton that has been flattened and lost its original elasticity; sometimes, it is because the small joints of the cervical spine are in disarray, like a small malfunction between the gears, which no longer rotate smoothly; and sometimes, it is because the discs of the cervical spine have been damaged, like a piece of cream on a cake that has been scraped off, and the entire structure has become no longer The whole structure is no longer complete.
For many white-collar workers, neck pain is like an uninvited “regular guest”. It often creeps up on you without you realizing it and makes you feel troubled in your busy working day. This pain often stems from the postural stress of a long, sedentary workday. The spine is like a carefully designed bridge that needs to maintain a stable biomechanical balance to support your upper body. However, when you sit at a desk for long periods with your head buried in front of a computer screen, your posture may gradually become distorted. Not only does this distortion upset the balance of your spine, but it can also lead to a series of knock-on effects. This postural neck pain has a specialized name in the medical field - upper crossed syndrome. When you hunch your back, round your shoulders, and extend your head forward, it is as if your upper body is being pulled in an incorrect direction by an invisible force. The shoulder blades extend forward above the head and the shoulders rotate internally.
With long hours of sedentary work, your neck and back muscles are like a silent tug-of-war. One part of the muscles becomes stiff from prolonged tension, and they act like hard steel bars that pull you in tightly, while the other part of the muscles grows weak from lack of use, and they act like loose rubber bands that don't provide enough support.
These two muscle chains - the stiff “steel” and the weak “rubber band” - form a clear cross in your upper body. This is the classic sign of upper-crossed syndrome. This is the classic sign of upper-crossed syndrome. It seems that in the future when you are in the office, you have to consciously pay attention to and correct your sitting posture, so it turns out that you think that the slack sitting has been hurting your cervical vertebrae.
Some people will say, “Fortunately, I often go to massage, can relieve the pain of my cervical spine” However, do you find that although the massage is very comfortable at the end of the day, after a few days on the tight, the pain is back? Why is it like that? Massage is like a short rest stop to give you a moment's respite from your exhausting journey. But it doesn't change the bad posture and habits you've accumulated over time, which are the root cause of cervical spine problems. So, when the effectiveness of the massage passes, the pain will naturally strike again.
To truly address whiplash, we need to make adjustments at the source. It's like repairing a bridge, not only fixing the surface cracks but also reinforcing its structure and support.
