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Forward head posture: how to fix the problem

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A forward head, shoulders raised up, a stoop, a belly thrown forward, even if a person
is young and thin enough – this is a very common problem these days. There are a lot
of theories in modern society that explain the causes of poor posture and inharmo-
nious body position – from a sedentary lifestyle, sitting most of the day, excessive use of
mobile phones to psychological manifestations. However, the underlying real cause of
these posture problems is rarely mentioned. What is this reason, and how to deal with
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Brad Pitt and Edward Norton, film “Fight Club”
You are looking at this picture for a reason. But we will analyze it a little later. In the
meantime, let’s figure out why in recent decades in Western society the number of peo-
ple with a weak body structure and a forward head has increased. By the way, many
are looking for ways to solve this problem, mainly for aesthetic reasons, forgetting that
beauty is, first of all, health.
This is because a forward head is the inability to hold the skull on the vertical axis of
the body, and for every centimeter that the head falls forward (when it is not sufficiently
balanced with the body), the entire structure must cope with an additional two kilo-
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to compensate for the displacement of the head
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this chronic stress, the muscles in the back and neck are exposed to excessive stress.
This leads to a decrease in neck mobility, muscle pain, migraines, tension headaches,
changes in the structure of the cervical vertebrae and compression of the vertebral
artery with all the ensuing consequences for cerebral circulation.
But where is the trigger that moves the head off the vertical axis of the body? In mod-
ern medicine, this forward displacement of the head is called cervical lordosis, and
many doctors consider it to be caused by weakness of the muscles of the body (due to
which, in their opinion, changes in the cervical vertebrae appear), chronic stress, or even
emotional trauma of childhood manifested in muscle tension. As a treatment, a person
is encouraged to strengthen these muscles with special exercises, relax with massages,
do manual therapy, “learn relaxation”, “not be nervous” and generally work out his
childhood traumas with a psychotherapist, as well as constantly remind himself and
“keep his posture” by an effort of will.
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Surely, you have already tried it all and felt all the “effectiveness” of such measures. In
search of the real reasons for lowering the head forward, we will try to turn to studies
that have been carried out for at least a couple of decades in different countries of the
world by thoughtful and observant orthopedists, posturologists, osteopaths, dentists,
craniodontists and doctors of other fields. First of all, they draw the attention of
medicine to the fact that it has already forgotten: the human body is a single integral
system, where one element depends on another and interacts with it. Therefore, these
doctors look at body structure from a broader perspective. Let’s try to see and we.
Craniofacial development
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Regular readers of this blog are already familiar with the biomechanism that supports
the skull on the neck. In short, it is supported on the last cervical vertebra atlas by a dy-
namic mandibular system. Support from the front turns out to be in the phase of com-
plete closing of the teeth, when we carry out a swallowing movement (which we invol-
untarily perform up to 2000 times a day). At this moment, the “imprint” of the position
of the lower jaw is transmitted to the underlying structures of the body through the hy-
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in the anterior part of the neck. Therefore,
the correct position of the lower jaw in three planes is the key to a healthy spine and
vertical head position.
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At the same time, there is more to come! The position of the lower jaw to ensure the
vertical position of the head is only part of the “puzzle” in the overall picture. The fact
is that the position of the lower jaw always depends on the position of the upper jaw –
the so-called maxilla, the central bone of the face, which comes close to the eye sockets
and goes quite deep into the skull.
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With a horizontally developed maxilla (moved forward and upward), free movement of
the lower jaw in all directions is provided. If the maxilla is pulled down and pushed
back (vertical development), it blocks posteriorly and the mandible. And the lower jaw
pushed back, as you know, starts the inevitable process of lowering the head forward
and changes in the cervical spine, starting with the first cervical vertebra of the atlas.
This can be seen schematically in the image below:
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On the pages of this blog, we have already discussed more than once that, according to
the studies of the famous British doctors John and Mike Mew, vertical development
(lowering) of the maxilla is not a genetic predisposition, but only a lack or absence of
breastfeeding in infancy, in which they do not develop sufficiently the muscles of the
child’s mouth, including the strength of the deep muscles of the tongue and its correct
position in the mouth. In short, when the tongue is in the mouth in the correct position
from its root to the tip on the palate, thanks to this strongest muscle in the body, the
maxilla is pushed from the inside forward and upward:
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If the maxilla does not receive this constant force of application of the tongue from the
inside, then gradually it descends back and inward. This process of lowering the max-
illa in modern humans is exacerbated by the lack of a sufficient amount of tough solid
food that our ancestors ate. As we have already seen, the downward maxilla gradually
locks posteriorly and the lower jaw. And this process leads to an ever greater lowering
of the head forward. Now you understand what the first picture with Brad Pitt and Ed-
ward Norton was brought to, where they played together in the movie “Fight Club”.
Look at the picture again – notice Brad Pitt’s horizontally extended, forward and up-
ward maxilla, which allows his lower jaw to be in a forward horizontal position, which
keeps his head upright, creating excellent posture. And compare with the facial devel-
opment of Edward Norton – he has an extended downward, moved back maxilla, a pos-
teriorly blocked lower jaw, and, as a result, a forward head and a corresponding
“stooped”
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face, or the vertical stretched downward.
And more examples!
Before moving on to biomechanical methods of solving the problem, for the sake of in-
terest, let’s look at photographs of the position of the head and maxilla of our Russian
celebrities.
Courageous actor Danila Kozlovsky is a vivid example of the vertical position of the
head and excellent posture. Cool comedian Pavel Volya, with all his inner charm – to
put it mildly, is stooped. His head is strongly forward. And what about their facial
development?
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Roughly the same as Pitt and Norton. Danila Kozlovsky’s maxilla is pushed forward, en-
suring free movement of the lower jaw, which is courageously pushed forward hori-
zontally in him. The charming Pavel Volya is the owner of an elongated, moved back
maxilla with a posteriorly blocked lower jaw and, as you can see, teeth crowded on it.
We have already seen the consequences of this position of the central facial bone for
the position of the head and posture in general – Danila’s head is in an upright position,
Pavel Volya’s head is strongly forward. Let’s also look at the representatives of “the
beautiful half” of Russian-Ukrainian celebrities – the singer Vera Brezhneva and the ex-
travagant actress Rinata Litvinova.
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Vera has an ideal vertical position of the head relative to the central axis of the body. Ri-
nata is not doing very well with this – we can look in the films how much she stooped.
Of course, this only gives her some zest, but how good is it for her health? Taking a
close look at the facial structure of both women, we will see that Vera Brezhneva, again,
has a maxilla moved forward and upward with a short middle part of the face and a
horizontal lower jaw. In Rinata, the central bone of the face is stretched down and
back, again, blocking the back and lower jaw (in some photos of the star, you can see the
crowding of the teeth from below). How such facial development influenced the position
of the head of both celebrities – we have already clearly seen above.
Biomechanical fixing of the problem
I doubted whether I should describe the biomechanical methods of maxilla advance-

ment for the umpteenth time, tiring my regular readers, but still decided to briefly re-
peat the main theses, providing the description with some fresh photos. So:
1. Myofunctional exercises (mewing), inter oral face pulling
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Myofunctional correction includes exercises for the muscles of the tongue, changing
the habits of improper chewing and swallowing, which is an essential part of the direc-
tion of horizontal development of the face orthotropics, developed by Drs. John and
Mike Mew (some even call this technique mewing after its creators). It is described in all
details in the article on mewing. The essence of mewing is to “retrain” the facial mus-
cles and recreate the normal patterns of their work, even if you had unfavorable condi-
tions for their development in childhood.
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This next photo is a huge fan of horizontal face development orthotropics, famous
American blogger. True, in addition to myofunctional correction, he used an intraoral
device for expanding his upper jaw Biobloc, since his canines were previously removed
under the braces. However, he did mewing incessantly, as he himself described, “be-
coming obsessed” with them. We see a huge difference in the position of the guy’s max-
illa and, thanks to this, the head as a whole. To many in profile it will seem that it is still
“not horizontal enough” – for this, the photos are given in full face, so that you under-
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stand how literally the maxilla of this person was originally turned backwards. In my
opinion, he has achieved excellent results.
My reader Victor, 16 y.o., he get this result in his facial structure in 1,5 month of mew-
ing. Look his head posture and the changes of his cervical area!
Here is the result of the guy for only 3 days when he swallowed with proper tongue po-
sition in McKenzie Chin Tuck exercise 100 times (during those 3 days). Just look the
changes in his head position!
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Valeria is 45 y.o. This result was achieved by her in 2,5 months of mewing + inter oral
face pulling techniques. Even for this short term the facial structure of the woman
moved forward, and she immediately noticed the changes in her cervical spine!
We can see the changes from the full face even more obviously:
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If earlier Victoria’s head was forced to move forward, then in the second comparative
photo it is already much more even! We also see how much improved neck statics and
aesthetics!
2. Craniodontics
craniodontics, the work of A.Savinov
For those who are tired of hearing about craniodontics , they can skip this, but for the
first time hearing about it – in brief, how it achieves the results presented in the photo
above. Craniodontist works with the patient’s upper jaw, balances its position and fix
distortions of the skull using an intraoral appliance ALF (or some other ones). On the
lower jaw, depending on the case, orthotics, restoration build-up, other orthopedic and
orthodontic means and techniques are used. An important part of craniodontics is
craniosacral osteopathy.
3. Starecta method
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Many of you have probably already seen these photos on the blog. Despite the fact that
the Italian Starecta method doesn’t directly advance the position of maxilla, due to the
special technology of the intraoral splint Rectifier it perfectly returns the skull to a ver-
tical position relative to the central axis of the body.
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this girl in the first photo was taken simply
from a special angle, but in fact, this position was forced. The entire posture of this
patient’s body and her X-rays before and after the splint can be viewed in a private
group on the Starecta Community on Facebook. According to the girl, the method was
life-saving for her (in addition to her unaesthetically pushed forward head, she had many
neurological problems). Nevertheless, some patients with strongly flattened or twisted
maxilla after braces, achieving excellent results in balancing the body and returning
the head to a vertical position relative to the central axis of the body, in addition to
splint, if necessary, use either do mewing or to use ALF appliance on the upper jaw,
which allows additionally move maxilla forward.
Summing up a small summary, I would like to say that, regardless of the method of cor-
recting the position of maxilla and returning the head to an upright position relative to
the body, the result will help you not only look good aesthetically, but also meet life’s
difficulties face to face, and not bend or hide from them, and live with your head held
high in the most literal sense of this word.
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11.03.2021 at 22:40
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Forward head posture: how to fix the problem

Muscle weakness or something else? Ok

Brad Pitt and Edward Norton, film “Fight Club”

ence in their facial development – the horizontal

And more examples!

Biomechanical fixing of the problem

I doubted whether I should describe the biomechanical methods of maxilla advance-

1. Myofunctional exercises (mewing), inter oral face pulling

craniodontics, the work of A.Savinov

It may seem that the position of the head ofOk

You might be interested:

Okforward head, posture

2 thoughts on “Forward head posture: how to fix the problem

Hi Milan! Unfortunately it’s possible only in DM on my Instagram @mewing.world:

Thank you for understanding!

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