Executive Chiropractic of Iowa Helps Restore Limited Neck Range of Motion and Pain
What is the result of neck pain? It keeps you from moving your neck the way you want. Pain is effective like that! It keeps us from doing things that could damage us. Ok, that is not all bad! But neck pain can disturb more than just motion. It can alter daily living. West Des Moines chiropractic at Executive Chiropractic of Iowa can help lessen neck pain and restore its normal motion.
NECK PAIN LIMITS MOTION
Not merely does neck pain limit cervical spine motion, it also requires compensatory motions to do what must be done. If the neck hurts when turning to the left, 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 capabiloity to move 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 as well as shoulder and elbow disability during the season. (2) That’s really life-altering for them and their life dreams! Know that your West Des Moines chiropractor can tell from a thorough clinical examination just what pain is doing to your normal range of motion and how to help you (whether you’re 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 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 constrict the airway space that occur with cervical spondylosis. (3) Cervical spondylosis is another spine condition your West Des Moines chiropractor understands well.
CHIROPRACTIC RESTORES NECK MOTION
Executive Chiropractic of Iowa applies careful treatment of the cervical spine using the Cox® Technic System of Spinal Pain Management. Patient tolerance is always the guiding factor along with the doctor’s hand. Cox® Technic for cervical spine offers 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 eases neck pain with the Cox® Technic System of Spinal Pain Management.
Schedule a West Des Moines chiropractic appointment with Executive Chiropractic of Iowa to get back lost neck motion and get rid of neck pain.
