11/07/2025
After client's, hit my weights and TheraBand's.
Before the chow line gets too long......
A huge shout out to a colleague for this information. You're the best my friend.
The quotes from Kapandji and Cailliet are from their books in my library. A must in my opinion.
The cervical spine has an important role in providing the proprioceptive input, and this is reflected in the abundance of cervical mechanoreceptors and their central and reflex connections to the vestibular, visual and central nervous systems
Cervical sagittal alignment (or the alignment of your upper neck and head) affects sensorimotor control and the Autonomic Nervous System (ANS).
Normal posture is essential for sensorimotor control, potentially because it allows normal processing of afferent information, which goes into the brain.
Our central nervous system is our brain and the spinal cord connecting to every muscle, organ and tissue in the body, of course, so the findings of this study are relevant to everyone.
Conclusions: Participants with FHP exhibited abnormal sensorimotor control and autonomic nervous system dysfunction compared to those with normal head alignment.
“For every inch of Forward Head Posture, it can increase the weight of the head on the spine by an additional 10 pounds.” -Kapandji, Physiology of Joints, Vol. 3 2008.
Dr. Roger Sperry, (Nobel Prize Recipient for Brain Research) demonstrated that 90% of the brain’s energy output is used in relating the physical body to gravity. Only 10% has to do with thinking, metabolism, and healing.
Rene Cailliet M.D., former Director of the Department of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation at the University of Southern California states:
“Most attempts to correct posture are directed toward the spine, shoulders and pelvis. All are important, but, head position takes precedence over all others. The body follows the head. Therefore, the entire body is best aligned by first restoring proper functional alignment to the head”
