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Shane Mangrum, MD. Physical Medicine & Rehabilitation

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I am a desktop user and I have a huge problem of neck pain. Sometimes I find it very difficult to sit even for an hour. I was looking for something which could help me solve my problem regarding the neck pain and I stopped at you. You have provided really a very valuable information about this. Thanks for sharing.

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In the last 5 weeks I encountered very painful sensations in my neck (C5/6/7) and left shoulder and left arm. I started when grasping the low position on the race-bike-handlebars. Then it stayed non-stop painful, even walking > 100 yards made the pain-sensation in the arm almost unbearable.

...But after 1 day of McKenzie exercise (turning head to the left and pushing it a little through the barrier) 80% of the pain was gone! Slept much better (before exercise I slept 2 hrs. and then awaked by the pain) and could tilt my head again a little to see further ahead... Now, 3 wks later, after new McKenzie exercise with the chin tucked and then bending head backwards (roll-back) and nerve-flossing, only left with some 5/10% of pain. Handlebars now 1 inch higher and cycling is possible again. Find this site very, very informative and giving good directives to patients.

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Mar082010

Neck pain: McKeznie Exercises and Posture

Monday, March 8, 2010 at 10:21PM | |

Below is a link to a video with Nate Hunsaker, PT discussing neck pain, posture modification and an introduction to some McKenzie exercises for the cervical spine.

In addition to these McKenzie exercises, I often recommend posture braces as a tool to help address neck and upper back pain. Below is a brace that I like found on Amazon.com:

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