Beating Computer Posture That Causes Back, Neck Pain

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(Free-Press-Release.com) December 25, 2009 -- Ada, MI – Sitting at your computer all day can cause immediate and continuous, prolonged pain if you’re not careful.

More and more Americans are spending an increasingly longer period of time on their computers. This increases the number of people with forward head posture and upper body aches and pains. It may be good for the doctors bottom line, but its not good for people with back or neck pain.

The inventor of the famous FHP Cushion and Posture Cap gives 7 simple tips on how to improve your posture without spending a dime so your computer doesn’t get the best of you.

1. Exercise. Exercise is the best medicine for common neck, back, shoulder aches caused from poor posture. When you sit at your computer all day, your muscles become rigid, tight and aches and pains creep in. Swimming is the best exercise for getting rid of your upper body aches and pains, especially neck pain because it loosens and strengthens your neck and back muscles.

2. Raise your computer monitor so the center is eye level. Raising the monitor a good 5 to 10 inches will help improve your computer posture. Continuously looking down will put the head in an uncompromising posture position which causes and increases aches and pain.

3. Don’t spend all day on your computer. After 15 to 20 minutes, get up and walk around. This will help exercise your muscles, refresh your mind and help get rid of your upper body tension.

4. Exercise: This is probably the only truly reliable long term solution to your aches and pains.

5. Improve your posture. Don’t slouch at your computer. Sit up straight. Don’t slouch while standing. Stand up straight. Don’t slouch, ever.

6. Stop sticking your head out. When a person has forward head posture, they put an extra 10 to 15 pounds of excess strain on their upper body for every inch forward the head is from its natural plum line, causing pain.

7. Stretch your neck. There are many stretching exercises for free on the Internet which will help release neck tension. When you wake up, spend extra time in the hot shower stretching your neck muscles. The heat will help loosen your neck after a long night of sleep. The more you stretch your neck, the better you will feel.

If you are in the market to spend money to improve your posture, the FHP Cushion was designed to improve a person’s forward head posture and does a great job while you relax laying down. It reduces forward head posture, stretches the chest region and shortens the back muscles that become too elongated and week.

“The only weakness of my first invention, FHP Cushion, is that it doesn’t strengthen your muscles to help keep your posture and it's a little expensive,” states Chris Geisert, inventor of the famous posture cushion.

For a much lower price of $26, the Posture Cap improves posture, especially forward head posture, retrains and strengthens the body to hold the head in correct posture and eliminates excessive strain forward head places on the body.

Wearing the Posture Cap while sitting at the computer or walking around the house is another great way to improve posture and retrain the body’s muscle memory to improve posture for the long run. It truly exercises the posture muscles that hold the head where it is supposed to be.

For more information regarding the FHP Cushion or the Posture Cap, please visit www.theposturecap.com.

FHP Products is home to the famous FHP Cushion that is endorsed by many posture experts around the world and the newest invention, the Posture Cap, both invented by Chris Geisert.

More information can be found online at http://www.theposturecap.com

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