Tech Neck That Won’t Go Away: The Daytime and Sleep Positioning Solutions

If you spend hours on your phone or computer and wake up with neck pain, the connection isn't coincidental. Forward head posture during the day (what's commonly called "tech neck") doesn't just affect your waking hours. It creates compensation patterns that destroy your sleep positioning, and eight hours of poor sleep alignment undoes any daytime corrections you're making.

In our practice, we see this pattern repeatedly: people who are mindful about desk ergonomics and posture during the day, but whose neck pain persists because their sleep positioning works against them every night.