05/22/2025
According lo a recent study, forward head position and blood flow to the brain are clinically observable by taking the carotid pulses and can lead to debilitating symptoms within the brain.
The carotid pulses are weaker when the head is in a forward position; however, the carotid pulses are stronger when the head is over the spine.
When the head is forward over the spine, the brain may not receive sufficient blood flow and oxygen due to compression of the carotid arteries.
If this compression is severe enough, it can result in cerebral ischemia (CNS dysfunction).
Clinically, we see disturbed sleeping patterns, increased anxiety, and mental sluggishness.
The March 2000 Mayo Clinic reported that prolonged FHP also leads to myospasm, disc herniations, arthritis, and pinchedoid nerves.
Dr. Alf Breig, a Swedish neurosurgeon and Nobel Prize recipient, describes how the loss of a normal cervical lordotic curve creates dysfunction and disease.
Through cadaver studies, Dr. Breig demonstrated that neck flexion could stretch the spinal cord 5-7 cm causing tensioning of the meninges (covering of the brain and spinal cord) and elicit measurable pressure on brainstem nuclei (nerve control centers) which control all basic life functions.
