Old Mill Chiropractic Helps Restore Limited Neck Range of Motion and Pain
What does neck pain do? It keeps you from repositioning your neck the way you want. Pain is effective that way! It prevents us from doing things that could hurt. Ok, that is not all bad! But neck pain can bother more than just motion. It can alter daily living. St Peters chiropractic at Old Mill Chiropractic can help reduce neck pain and reestablish its normal motion.
NECK PAIN LIMITS MOTION
Not merely does neck pain limit cervical spine motion, it also requires compensatory motions to do what needs to be done. If the neck hurts when twisting to the right, you will not do that. That’s a compensatory motion. Normal flexion/extension, lateral, and rotational motions have been noted in normal patients. (1) And if you think your ability to reposition your neck affects your life, think about baseball pitchers! College baseball pitchers with limited neck motion during preseason were found to be at higher risk of game time loss as well as shoulder and elbow disability during the season. (2) That is really life-changing for them and their life dreams! Know that your St Peters 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 prior cervical spondylosis – degenerative changes in the cervical spine that often come 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 connected to cervical spine changes that tighten the airway space that occur with cervical spondylosis. (3) Cervical spondylosis is another spine condition your St Peters chiropractor know well.
CHIROPRACTIC RESTORES NECK MOTION
Old Mill Chiropractic applies careful treatment of the cervical spine utilizing the Cox® Technic System of Spinal Pain Management. Patient tolerance is always the guiding factor combined with 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.
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Listen to this PODCAST with Dr. Ben Glass on the Back Doctors Podcast with Dr. Michael Johnson as he explains how he helps neck pain patients find neck pain relief with the Cox® Technic System of Spinal Pain Management.
Schedule a St Peters chiropractic appointment with Old Mill Chiropractic to regain missing neck motion and get rid of neck pain.
