NW Spinal Rehabilitation Clinic, P.S.

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Normal neck must have a shape of the arch, which measures 45 degrees. A head must be resting directly over midline to achieve equilibrium. Your neck was created with a built-in shock absorbers called intervertebral discs. It also has a structural reinforcement, which is a curve, or lordosis. This curve-disc system acts like a spring and absorbs the shock of your head, which is resting and/or moving on your neck. This action prevents muscles, discs, and joints from being overloaded. To make this concept easier to understand, think of the same bowling ball resting on a large spring, or picture a car traveling on a bumpy road. Shock-absorbing force from the bumps on the road, just like your spine, absorbs shocks caused by your everyday activitie