| One of the biggest reasons for neck pain is poor | | | | Fibromyagia which occurs more often in women than |
| posture. So avoiding poor posture can be the simplest | | | | men can also cause pain. |
| way to avoid neck pain. In good posture seating starts | | | | The neck is a ball and socket joint that is held together |
| from lumbar spine and pelvis. Upright posture keeps | | | | by muscles, tendons and ligaments that allow the neck |
| the neck and head in the middle position and avoids | | | | a wide range of motion but also keep it stable. The |
| stresses. Here are some of the tips to attain good | | | | reality that most women have less shoulder power |
| posture. | | | | than men does not make them more prone to neck |
| 1. Avoid sleeping on the stomach; it exerts twisting | | | | injuries. Most women's shoulders are in fact strong |
| pressure on vertebral joints for the whole night. Avoid | | | | relative to their body size. |
| using large pillows or more than one pillow to keep the | | | | What can make women more vulnerable to neck pain |
| neck in the neutral position. It is preferred to use | | | | and injury is that their necks are naturally more lenient |
| feather pillows than foam pillows. Because feather | | | | or loose than men's. This can make women |
| pillows easily take shape of your neck and head and | | | | candidates for displacement and impingement, in which |
| avoids stresses. | | | | tendons in the shoulder become strained against a |
| 2. While sitting care should be taken that knees remain | | | | bone. Women who participate in tennis, work as |
| lower than the hips, arms are held down, back is | | | | baggers in grocery stores or work at a computer |
| touching the support. | | | | keyboard are most likely to get neck pain. |
| 3. If you have to work on the computer, use larger | | | | Other problems: |
| screen so that upward and downward hunching of the | | | | A common problem for women is frozen shoulder. For |
| neck is avoided. If possible call an ergonomist to | | | | various reasons, the ligaments that go around the |
| arrange your work setup best to avoid neck stresses. | | | | ball-and-socket joint become inflamed. The ache |
| Use larger fonts so that you have not to move | | | | causes a decrease in use of the shoulder. As a result, |
| forward to understand the small sized letters. If you | | | | the ligaments do not get stretched and the shoulder |
| are working on the laptop, make use of the docking | | | | begins to tighten up. |
| port, because laptops are not suitable for long term | | | | Saving shoulders: |
| use. | | | | People may be able to carry the world on the |
| 4. When you are driving a car adjust the mirrors to get | | | | shoulders, but only if it is in good shape. Before starting |
| the backside view after you have taken your position. | | | | in exercise or strenuous chores, warm up and stretch |
| When you move forward you will observe that you | | | | the neck to get them ready for exertion. Simple |
| are not getting backside view. This will help to get you | | | | forward and backward arm circles can help limber |
| in the proper sitting posture. | | | | them up. When the muscles are used for a sustained |
| 5. Stretching exercises before sleeping and while | | | | period of time to do things like clip the hedge, paint a |
| leaving the bed helps a lot to relieve the stresses | | | | room or turn over the garden, muscle fatigue and pain |
| created in a daytime work. | | | | can result. |
| 6. Most important is care must be taken while lifting | | | | So taking a break is important. Watch the work |
| something. Even if for most of the people lifting might | | | | surface. While lifting something pay attention to the |
| crate pain in the lower back, it is associated with neck | | | | position of the head and bend at the knees to pick |
| pain also. Stand up close to the object to be lifted. | | | | something up and hold the item close to the body. The |
| Bend at the hip and knees keeping the head and neck | | | | stronger the muscles in the shoulder, the more stable |
| in neutral position. Lift the object so that pressure is on | | | | and less prone to injury it will be. Ask a physical |
| hip and leg muscles and not on back and neck. Keep | | | | therapist to put on a shoulder-strengthening program. |
| one foot in a slightly forward position so that feet are | | | | But make sure the therapist helps adjusting any weight |
| separated by the shoulder distance. | | | | machines to the particular size. Since weight machines |
| Neck pain in women: | | | | designed for men are too big for a woman's frame, |
| Neck pain in women is often caused by muscle strain, | | | | one might need to customize the machine by adding |
| tendonitis, arthritis or a condition called frozen shoulder. | | | | extra seat cushions and back pads. |
| The shoulder gets stiff and can not move freely. | | | | |