09 418 3718

Sitting Posture

Posture and Chiropractic

  What are the benefits of good posture?   “Sit up straight” or “don’t slump” is advice we have all probably heard at sometime during our lives, as someone is trying to tell us to fix our bad posture. But you may not understand why having good posture is so important, and all the benefits […]

Posture and Chiropractic Read More »

Sitting and Posture Health

Poor sitting posture and effects on spine health Have a desk job and worried about your sitting posture? You are right to! Over time, poor posture from bad habits during everyday activities can wreck havoc on your spine. For instance, having a desk job, driving, leaning over a cell phone, carrying a bag over same

Sitting and Posture Health Read More »

Why You Should Care (at least a little bit) About Your Posture

Posture. Good, bad, and the bendy. Our bodies want to move. However, with our ever-sedentary lifestyle, we have to find a way to cope – proper posture is one of those coping mechanisms. A lot of people talk about posture these days. Some say it matters a ton; others say it doesn’t matter at all.

Why You Should Care (at least a little bit) About Your Posture Read More »

What’s Tech Neck And How It Affects Your Health

Posture Tech neck is the term used to describe the neck pain and damage sustained from looking down at your cell phone, tablet, or other wireless devices too frequently and for too long. Children and teens are especially at risk for suffering symptoms of Tech neck. And it seems increasingly common. Recently, a patient came

What’s Tech Neck And How It Affects Your Health Read More »

Pull Your Head In: Posture Exercises

Today we’re going to give you some exercises you can do in your gym routine for good posture. Commands like “stand up straight!” and “don’t slouch” were commonplace for our grandparents. When training to be a seamstress my great grandmother would have to sit as straight as a ruler or else be whipped by it.

Pull Your Head In: Posture Exercises Read More »

Maintaining Good Posture in the Car

The NZ Ministry of Transport released a survey in 2014 stating that people aged between 35-64 in New Zealand spend two-thirds of their total travel time driving. Just looking at the sheer number of cars on the road and the kind of traffic we experience here in Auckland, it doesn’t take a statistician to figure

Maintaining Good Posture in the Car Read More »

Mobile Phone Posture

As a chiropractor, I look at a fair few x-rays from week to week and a concerning pattern I am seeing is the amount of people, young people, with necks that curve the wrong way. Less mobile, due to mobile use. The cervical curve should somewhat resemble a backward C when viewed from the side,

Mobile Phone Posture Read More »

How Smartphone Time Is Harming Your Children

At Revolution Chiropractic we take a structural correction approach to your spine and one of the big indicators of spinal dysfunction is forward head carriage. The head is basically a bowling ball balanced on the top of your spine and every inch it moves forward causes an exponential increase in how hard the muscle must

How Smartphone Time Is Harming Your Children Read More »

How Poor Posture Is Destroying Your Health & 2 Posture Tests To Try At Home

Why is proper posture so important? Is it for the way you look? Sure, people definitely look better when they fix their posture. But regardless of esthetics, your posture is actually key to how your body functions in more ways than one. Take muscles for example: when you’re sitting with your head forward, your posterior

How Poor Posture Is Destroying Your Health & 2 Posture Tests To Try At Home Read More »

Office Worker Toolkit: Tips for those who sit at a desk all day

Here’s one thing you probably already know: the human body was not designed to sit at a desk all day. Our bodies require constant movement, so any job or activity that keeps you in one position for a long time (ie. office work and video games) can have negative effects on your body. The most

Office Worker Toolkit: Tips for those who sit at a desk all day Read More »