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PART 2
Using Posture to Guide
Assessment and Treatment
THE
POSTURE
WINDOW
By Yoni Whitten, DC
As we discussed in "The Posture Window" (September/October 2017, page
48), a head held in flexion, as with forward-head posture (FHP) and "text
neck," can increase the functional weight of the head many times over. In
fact, the increase in weight can be as much as 60 pounds at the extreme
end of the spectrum! The burden of all that extra weight on the body is
tremendous and unyielding; it has to be carried around whenever a person
is in an upright position. It is only a matter of time before the increase in
functional weight creates widespread negative effects on the body.
