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Wow... this helped!! I just did these exercises while watching and it helped a lot! Thanks!!

--YouRuv comment from "TheIntelligentView"

 

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. 

--Sandra Rikhav

 

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.

 --Marc Droog 

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Monday
Jul182011

Deep Neck Flexor Exercise: the importance of the "abdominals" of the neck

DateMonday, July 18, 2011 at 11:53PM | |

Following is a video demonstration of an exercise for the deep neck flexors.  These muscles are similar to the abdominal muscles in their role for stabilizing the spine.  Levels of endurance in these muscles has been shown to correlate with neck pain symptoms.

 

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Nice video!! I use this exercise all of the time with my patients. It is surprising how many people have a very difficult time with it! I sometimes will train the deep neck flexors by using a blood pressure cuff beneath the neck with the patient in supine and have them adjust the pressure in the cuff by doing that chin tuck. After they get the hang of it then we advance to this exercise. Works great!

July 19, 2011 | Unregistered CommenterNate

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