Effects of Forward Head Posture

Question 1

cranium

Answer 1

extended on upper cervical spine

Question 2

mandible

Answer 2

elevated and retruded

Question 3

maxillomandibular relationship

Answer 3

increased freeway space w/ significant posterior intercuspation

Question 4

TMJ

Answer 4

posterior close-packed position

Question 5

Hyoid

Answer 5

elevated (suprahyoids shorten, infrahyoids lengthen)

Question 6

tongue

Answer 6

drops to the floor of mouth

Question 7

upper cervical spine

Answer 7

extended (can compress neurovascular structures)

Question 8

middle and lower cervical spine

Answer 8

lordosis decreased (flexed positioning)

Question 9

first and second ribs

Answer 9

elevated

Question 10

scalenes, suboccipital, sternocleidomastoids, longus colli, upper trapezius, levator scapulae

Answer 10

shorten

Question 11

penctoralis major and minor

Answer 11

shorten, creating rounded shoulder position

Question 12

scapular stabilizers, rectus capitis anterior

Answer 12

stretched

Question 13

longus capitis

Answer 13

stretched suboccipital region, chorten C2-C6