What does neck pain do? It keeps
you from repositioning your neck as you want. Pain is crazy
like that! It keeps us from doing things that could
damage us. Ok, that is not all bad! But neck pain can bother
more than just motion. It can disrupt daily living.
Sitka chiropractic at Arctic Chiropractic, Sitka can help ease
neck pain and restore its normal motion.
NECK PAIN LIMITS MOTION
Not only does neck pain restrict
cervical spine motion, it also requires compensatory motions
to do what must be done. If the neck hurts
when twisting to the left, you won’t do that. That is a compensatory motion. Normal flexion/extension,
lateral, and rotational motions have been recorded in
normal patients. (1) And if you think your capabiloity to reposition
your neck alters your life, consider
baseball pitchers! College baseball pitchers with limited neck motion during
preseason were found to be at increased risk of game
time loss and shoulder and elbow disability during
the season. (2) That is really life-altering
for them and their life dreams! Know that your Sitka chiropractor
can tell from a thorough clinical examination just how pain is
affecting your normal range of motion and how to help
you (your being a baseball player or not!) get
it back.
NECK ISSUES INFLUENCE SLEEP APNEA
Another interesting cervical spine discovery
is that preceding cervical spondylosis – degenerative
changes in the cervical spine that often appear with aging, bringing
about vertebral bone degeneration, disc degeneration, bone
spur formation and the like - and obstructive sleep apnea are related.
Such sleep apnea is associated with cervical spine
changes that tighten the airway space that occur
with cervical spondylosis. (3) Cervical spondylosis is another spinal
issue your Sitka chiropractor know
well.
CHIROPRACTIC RESTORES NECK MOTION
Arctic Chiropractic, Sitka implements careful treatment
of the cervical spine utilizing the Cox® Technic System of Spinal
Pain Management. Patient tolerance is continually the guiding factor
alongside the doctor’s hand. Cox® Technic for cervical
spine allows gentle stretching of the spine to open
narrowed spaces with combined ranges of motion to restore better
cervical spine movement.
CONTACT Arctic Chiropractic, Sitka
Listen to this PODCAST
with Dr. Ben Glass on the Back
Doctors Podcast with Dr. Michael Johnson as he describes how
he eases neck pain
with the Cox® Technic System of Spinal Pain Management.
Schedule a Sitka chiropractic appointment with
Arctic Chiropractic, Sitka to get back missing neck motion and get
rid of neck pain.
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