Neck
The neck is the most highly mobile and flexible region of
the entire spine. It continues to work balancing and
moving the head even when other areas of the spine are
resting such as in a sitting position watching TV,
reading, or riding in a vehicle. For this reason it
suffers the most biomechanicial stress and becomes fixated
and misaligned (subluxated) more than any other spinal
region. The result is headaches, stiff neck, neck
pain, etc. There are many other negative physiological
effects in other areas of the body that can be caused by
structural neck problems. Many nerves which originate in
the neck control various functions in the head, arms,
hands, and etc.
If you have almost any neck symptoms or cannot turn your
head freely in all directions you probably would benefit
by a chiropractic analysis and treatment. If the neck is
kept mobile and flexible during the middle age years (35
to 55) then it is less likely to be an arthritic problem
in the later years.
