In modern society, repetitive and monotonous activities are increasing due to the decrease in general physical activity, the development of the information technology industry, and time culture flow. Therefore, prolonged exposure to unstable or abnormal posture can trigger a chain reaction of poor alignment and imbalance, leading to musculoskeletal diseases such as muscle stiffness or repetitive traumatic injury. Sagittal cervical malalignment (SCM), and also known as Forward head posture (FHP), is one of the poor posture types of the head commonly seen in the sagittal plane. İt is defined as the forward shift of the head. As the head moves forward, the center of gravity changes. To compensate for this shift in the center of gravity, the upper body slides back and the shoulders move forward, the rounded shoulder develops so that the head is placed in front of the body. SCM can cause many harmful symptoms such as neck pain, shoulder pain, back pain, chronic headaches, increased curvature of the spine and scapular dyskinesis, and rounded shoulder.
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Craniovertebral Angel Evaluation
Timeframe: 5 minutes