Being a Bellevue chiropractor, and after seeing thousands of patients over the years, I have begun to see certain patterns in certain groups of patients. For instance, woman who wear high heels for many years have a VERY high likely hood they will have low back pain. Another one is people who have computer jobs all have very similar neck and back problems, and their necks all have a certain look to them. This has become so common in the city that I practice, Bellevue WA, because of the many computer jobs, that I have coined the term “Bellevue Neck”.
So why do these people with computer jobs all have similar looking necks? Sitting at a computer causes the head and neck to tip forward, and then jut forward. If you keep the head and neck in this posture for long enough it will get stuck there. This is a bad thing.
In the neurological text “Principles of Neural Science” this change is called plasticity. If something bends for a period of time, the odds are strong in it getting stuck there. Thankfully plasticity can also be a positive as we can “bend” things back to where they should be with a little stimulation.
I have coined the term “Bellevue Neck” for those with straight necks or a loss of neck curve. A lost curve in the neck can cause headaches, neck pain, middle back pain, and even low back pain if it is a bad enough case.
Patients with “Bellevue Neck” can have tmj, headaches, neck pain, middle back pain and other pains. What a Bellevue Chiropractor can do for you is reverse the damage of Bellevue neck and take that pressure off of your body!
Dr. Michael Weir’s chiropractic office is found at 2112 116th Ave NE, Suite A, Bellevue WA, 98004 .
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