NW Spinal Rehabilitation Clinic, P.S.

Normal neck must have a shape of the arch, which measures 45 degrees. A head must be resting directly over midline to achieve equilibrium. Your neck was created with a built-in shock absorbers called intervertebral discs. It also has a structural reinforcement, which is a curve, or lordosis. This curve-disc system acts like a spring and absorbs the shock of your head, which is resting and/or moving on your neck. This action prevents muscles, discs, and joints from being overloaded. To make this concept easier to understand, think of the same bowling ball resting on a large spring, or picture a car traveling on a bumpy road. Shock-absorbing force from the bumps on the road, just like your spine, absorbs shocks caused by your everyday activities. When your neck loses its curve, the joints, discs, ligaments, and tendons supporting your neck become stretched and/or compressed; muscles overload and become painful. Discs, joints, ligaments, and tendons lose its normal motion and become overly toxic, dehydrated, and, therefore, brittle. This leads to early joint, discs, ligament, and tendon degeneration, disc bulges and other lesions, numbness and tingling in extremities, constant muscles pain, muscles atrophy and various organs diseases. Correcting this problem means resolving your disease. You do not have to live with pain. Help yourself, schedule an appointment today.Read MoreLess