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Name: Press forehead against wall

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1. This exercise is the counterpart to the one in which the back of the head is pressed against the wall. Accordingly, the antagonists of the muscles addressed in the latter are strengthened. The flexors of the cervical spine are therefore at the forefront here. In quite a few people, these muscles are relatively weak. If it seems difficult to lift the head when lying on the back, this is a sign of this. On the other hand, a head forward posture that is frequently maintained over a longer period of time contributes to the loss of strength in these muscles. There are several factors that favour this
   1. too great a distance from the monitor when working on a screen
   2. Excessively high monitor resolution when working at a computer. Whilst larger monitors are generally preferable to smaller ones, the advantage of their size is often more than negated by higher resolutions – that is, smaller display sizes. The lpi (lines per inch) value indicates the size of the display. The higher the value, the smaller the non-scalable elements are displayed. Of all the commonly used monitors, the good old 19-inch monitor with 1280 × 1024 pixels still offers the most clearly visible display.