The Marble Jar Channel

Hi, everyone!  This is Lara Hammock from the Marble Jar channel and in today’s video, I’m going to talk about bad computer posture and what to do about it! So, what is bad computer posture?  Just take a minute to think about how your posture might be affected by our society's recent dependency on computers and smart phones. The most pronounced issue is that we are losing the curve in our necks. Necks are supposed to look like this with a healthy curve. You can see that having a curve in your neck nicely stacks your head on top of your shoulders. By looking at screens constantly, we are changing the curve in our neck to be more straight. Our ears no longer stack on top of our shoulders, because our head is jutting out in front of us.  Some call this forward head or forward carriage.  Here’s the problem with that — every time you move your head forward an inch, 10lb of extra weight are added to your neck. This creates all kinds of problems, including h...