Pain in the Neck

Your neck was created with a built-in shock absorber.  Imagine trying to balance a bowling ball on a stick.  To make it more difficult, tilt the stick forward while trying to maintain balance of the bowling ball.  That’s what it’s like trying to support your head on your neck if it loses its natural curve.

Your neck was created with a built-in shock absorber called a curve or lordosis.  This was formed by design because the curve acts like a spring and absorbs the shock of your head resting on your neck.  Think of the same bowling ball now resting on a large spring…can you see and feel the difference?

When your neck loses its curve, the ligaments supporting your neck become stretched and lose their ability to maintain the curve.  This can occur from a motor vehicle accident, chronic poor posture or uncorrected vertebral subluxation complexes.

Once your neck has lost it normal curve, your neck and shoulder muscles attempt to hold your head into the proper position.  Unfortunately they were not created for this and they tire easily.  Unless you decide to let your head drop into your lap, your neck muscles will have to continue holding up your head long after becoming fatigued.  That’s precisely when muscle spasms occur, and tightness begins in your neck and shoulders.

Ask Dr. Miskelly to assist you in restoring your neck’s normal curvature.  This can include stretches and exercises, cervical traction, and an orthopedic pillow created specifically for maintaining the proper curve in your neck.