Got A Stiff Neck Due To Your Bad Posture? Try ‘Pilates For Text Necks’ For Relief
Kimberly Fielding created ‘Pilates For Text Necks’ to address poor posture

There was a time when neck and spine injuries were commonplace in sport—where undue stress on these muscle groups was a considered a part and parcel of the game.
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But in a world where we spent most of our waking hours hunched over smartphones and desk jobs, neck and spine injuries or postural imbalances have become as much a part of our lives as it is for sportspersons.
Kimberly Fielding the creator and director of a class called “Pilates for Text Necks” in New York City has taken it upon herself to address this situation.
Fielding states that repetitive gazing into your screens puts a lot of strain on your neck and spine, giving birth to a condition called ‘Text Neck’!
“Instead of the cervical spine going inward, the curve can be a little bit different, and it causes nerve pain and herniation and different muscle tension headaches, different things that really can reduce the quality of life,” states Fielding.
She created the class when she noticed several clients of hers coming in with a forward head posture, which means that the head and neck are stretched forward and not aligned properly over the spine.
The class uses various exercises to release tension in the upper body well as strengthen the back and neck muscles. =
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“It’s a little uncomfortable, but it’s because those muscles a lot of times are so weak from being overstretched and being in this other position,” Fielding said.
The class also focuses on breathing and posture
Holding your phone a period of time in a certain position, for instance, is a quick fix that Fielding recommends. It helps fix the gaze into a more natural horizontal position.
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“You can see the eye line change right away, so the gaze is horizontal and they are very aligned,” says Fielding.
One of the students, Yasmin Venable, states that “I used to carry a lot of tension, especially in my upper arms and have like this, ugh feeling and now I feel like, I have a neck now.”
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Considering texting isn’t going away anytime soon this is a much class!