The Queen of Neck Pillows: 2 posts from May 2017

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Health Articles Related to Neck Pain
How Does a Tens Unit Work on Muscle Spasm- Pain comes from electroechemical impulses relaying the pain message. A TENS unit interrupts this pathway. T.E.N.S stands for Transcutaneous Electrical Nerve Stimulation. It is often used to treat low back pain and neck pain. Tens units use a low voltage electrical current to induce pain relief. Continue Reading Article

Neck Exercises- Learn effective neck stretches and strengthening exercises for the cervical spine

End Neck Pain by Improving Posture- How Proper Posture Improves Your Spine Relieving Nerve Pressure- How does posture have anything to do with neck pain?--Neck pain comes from pressure on the nerves. How does this happen?--Usually pressure from a misaligned neck spine. When your spine is misaligned (some call that subluxated) it does not move like it should and in turn creates inflammation in that area. Either out-of-alignment spinal vertebrae (spinal bones) put direst pressure on nerves or the inflammation, or built up degeneration causes the pressure. Continue Reading Article

How to Reduce the Chances of Getting A Stiff Neck- A Stiff Neck.... Horrible especially when you wake up in the morning and realize that it is going to be one painful day. You are stiff, your neck hurts, you cannot turn your head, even brushing your teeth hurts. We get questions about how to treat a stiff neck all the time. Continue Reading Article

How To Avoid Neck Pain While Doing Abs- If you do your Abdominal crunches correctly with proper form, there is no reason to suffer from neck pain or sore neck. One of the biggest mistakes that people make is that involve there neck muscles while doing these exercises- that is a NO-NO. Bringing your head and neck forward puts unnecessary pressure on the neck and it is not healthy. So when you do your abdominal crunch look at the ceiling.Continue Reading Article

Best Pillow for Neck Pain - Disc Bulge, Facet Arthritis and Annual Tears

Hi guys,

What pillow is best for a pt. of mine with neck pian (bulges, facet arthritis, annular tears, etc.)?

C.F

This was a recent email received from a chiropractic friend. Which pillow would be best for a patient suffering from neck pain due to disc bulges, facet arthritis, and annular tears?

The best pillow for neck pain from disc problems, degeneration, or poor alignment is the Arc4life Cervical Traction Neck Pillow.

One thing that needs to be done is to get the spine in alignment; this will help the discs stay in place and pull back bulges as much as possible.

Traction will also work well because it basically separates those spaces where the discs are, taking pressure off the nerves.

Also when one loses the appropriate neck curvature the ligament that runs on the anterior vertebral bodies tends to shorten and tighten. We need to stretch that back out to help the neck hold normal alignment with some neck traction as well.

This traction pillow can actually be used in two ways by a patient. It can be used for sleep as well as for gentle neck traction during the day.

For Sleep: Use either the support side of the pillow OR the traction side to sleep on. You can sleep on your side or on your back. For patients first starting out or for those in acute pain, I recommend sleeping on the support side. This is the side that is opposite the V. For some patients there may be a short break in period. Start by sleeping on the pillow at night for 5-10 minutes, on the support side. Then put the pillow away, and use another pillow that you are used to.l The next night, increase this time to 10-15 minutes. The night after 20-25 minutes. This allows your head and neck muscles to get used to sleeping one different contours of the arc4life traction pillow. Not everyone needs a break in period with this pillow by the way.

For Traction: For this, you are going to use the traction V Side of the pillow. Simply lay on your back, on the V Side of the pillow, face UP. Take deep breaths while you are laying on your back and try to relax as much as you can. you will feel a gentle pull on your neck - traction. Start by doing 5 minutes of traction a day. Slowly increase this to 10, 15, 20, 25 minutes of the neck traction. It is recommended that you set a timer. If you do well with this neck traction, think about purchasing an actual traction unit such as the posture pump cervical traction unit.

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May 05, 2017

A Back Sleeping Pillow for Post Surgical Procedures Such as Cervical Fusion, Cosmetic and Facial Surgery

I often times get telephone calls and emails from customers who are getting ready for a surgery. Usually it's some type of neck surgery like a laminectomy or a cervical fusion. After the surgery, they need to be sleeping on their backs for a certain amount of time, and for this they need a back sleeping neck pillow. They also need a pillow that will keep them in that position.

Enter the Cosmed Recovery Neck Pillow - the name of the pillow says a lot. It is designed for patients post recovery after cosmetic and medical procedures. That's right, a pillow that allows you to recover face up after any type of surgery, be it cosmetic, facial, dental etc.

Check out the design of this neck pillow. It can be used in two directions. It has special soft side pillows that are very comfortable and hold you in position. Most importantly, this pillow comes with a hypoallergenic dust cover that can be washed. It's easy to put on the pillow and take off. Simply sleep on your back with this pillow comfortably and in position, allowing healing to take place. Just what your Dr. Ordered.