REVERSE NECK CURVE *ASMR Chiropractic | Neck Pain Relief & Full Spine Adjustment

[00:00:01]Very good.

[00:00:03]And that was your first neck adjustment.

[00:00:05]>> My neck, for sure.

[00:00:07]>> Okay. So, how long have you been dealing with neck issues?

[00:00:10]>> Since 2017 when I was in my first car accident. Um it's been progressively getting worse over time. Now I'm experiencing a lot of upper like neck pain and lower back pain. I've had it for a couple years now, so I'm hoping that we can fix that. Mainly my upper neck.

[00:00:25]>> Which you actually have a reverse curvature. You'll notice it kind of looks like that. That's indicating you don't have quite the stability you want in your neck and you probably have a little bit too much motion going on in there, which we call instability.

[00:00:41]Uh luckily I don't see any degeneration.

[00:00:43]I don't see any arthritis. So, basically it looks like you're going to respond really well to treatment.

[00:00:50]What do you feel right there? Any stiffness or discomfort or anything?

[00:00:52]>> Um just a little bit up here.

[00:00:54]>> Okay. All right. Now look back as far as you can.

[00:00:59]Good. Any issues there?

[00:01:00]>> No.

[00:01:01]>> Okay. Keep your shoulders still. Turn your head to the right as far as you can looking at the camera.

[00:01:06]What do you feel there?

[00:01:08]>> Just a little tightness in my neck.

[00:01:09]>> It's a little bit stiff and limited. All the way to the left.

[00:01:14]Maybe a little bit less on that side.

[00:01:15]Would you agree?

[00:01:16]>> Yeah.

[00:01:17]>> Any stiffness?

[00:01:18]>> No.

[00:01:19]>> Discomfort or limitation?

[00:01:20]>> Mhm.

[00:01:20]>> Reach from down below as high up as you can.

[00:01:25]Good. Now the other side.

[00:01:27]Okay. Put your hands over your head.

[00:01:29]Watch out for this bar. And lean back as far as you can.

[00:01:34]And what do you feel right there?

[00:01:35]>> Just little tightness in my back.

[00:01:37]>> Okay.

[00:01:38]Face directly away from uh yeah, that way. Feet together all the way. Now we're going to turn to the right as far as you can looking at the looking at the camera. Good. Now the other side.

[00:01:50]Lot tougher to go to the left.

[00:01:52]>> It is, yeah.

[00:01:52]>> And you felt discomfort?

[00:01:54]>> Right here.

[00:01:55]>> Okay.

[00:01:57]And up. Very good squat. How did it feel?

[00:02:00]>> Uh fine. That's just my knees.

[00:02:02]>> You feel a >> bad knees.

[00:02:03]>> Did you feel knee pain or discomfort?

[00:02:05]>> Uh no.

[00:02:06]>> Just the clicking and clacking.

[00:02:08]>> Just the clicking, yeah.

[00:02:08]>> All right. All right. And then um deadlift.

[00:02:12]Why don't you show me I don't have a barbell. What is I have is a kettlebell.

[00:02:17]>> That works.

[00:02:18]>> Show me the deadlifts that you typically do that cause discomfort.

[00:02:23]>> Gotcha. Basically uh stiff-leg deadlifts for sure hurt my back, but >> I feel it right here.

[00:02:33]And then if I'm going down doing a regular deadlift, let's see.

[00:02:39]I also feel it right here.

[00:02:42]>> Right there?

[00:02:44]Very good.

[00:02:46]And that was your first neck adjustment.

[00:02:48]>> better already.

[00:02:49]>> All right. A little bit lower on the other side.

[00:02:54]Very good.

[00:02:57]Okay. Good. What did you think of your first neck adjustment?

[00:03:00]>> Felt great.

[00:03:01]>> So now what I'm going to do is a series of muscle tests, and that's going to tell me what's working well and what's not working so well about your neck, your shoulders, all that sort of thing.

[00:03:09]Okay?

[00:03:11]>> Good.

[00:03:14]Thumb and pinky. Pull them apart.

[00:03:18]So notice we didn't get a big crack or a pop, right?

[00:03:21]>> Mhm.

[00:03:22]>> Yet that clearly made a difference your strength, right?

[00:03:26]>> That's what matters. The speed with which we manipulate acts as a reset or inhibits the nerve, restores the normal proper function that we're looking for your neck to have.

[00:03:39]That lower neck part where it kind of becomes the rest of your spine.

[00:03:43]Good.

[00:03:46]Very good.

[00:03:48]>> [snorts] >> Pretty good flexibility in your wrist.

[00:03:52]A little bit of a segment right there.

[00:03:56]That's a little bit restricted.

[00:03:58]So, I'll just do a little And good.

[00:04:04]Relax your elbow.

[00:04:05]Perfect. Take a deep breath.

[00:04:08]Breathe on out.

[00:04:11]Very good.

[00:04:13]And I'm pulling out like that. Don't let me. Ready?

[00:04:17]Way stronger, yeah?

[00:04:18]>> Yeah.

[00:04:18]>> Good.

[00:04:19]All right. Now, straighten your hand and I'm going to pull towards me. Don't let me.

[00:04:26]Again.

[00:04:27]Yeah, plenty strong.

[00:04:28]>> Gotcha.

[00:04:28]>> All right. All right, so I want you to put your chin to your chest.

[00:04:33]Good. And breathe out.

[00:04:38]Here we go.

[00:04:43]Does that hurt?

[00:04:44]>> Uh no, it just feels a little stiff.

[00:04:49]>> So, look at the internal rotation difference here.

[00:04:51]>> Mhm.

[00:04:54]>> And there.

[00:04:55]>> Yeah.

[00:04:55]>> Big difference, right?

[00:04:56]>> Mhm.

[00:04:57]>> All right. So, I'm doing a uh hip uh manipulation here.

[00:05:02]>> Okay.

[00:05:02]>> So, I'm going to drop it over here.

[00:05:07]And you feel Feels like it wants to pop out, right?

[00:05:10]>> Yeah.

[00:05:10]>> Okay, good.

[00:05:12]Now, we're doing it right.

[00:05:18]Uh the hip flexors tested weak.

[00:05:21]>> Mhm.

[00:05:21]>> The nerves that control your hip flexors exit your spine right around here. So, that's what I'm going to adjust, okay?

[00:05:29]>> Okay.

[00:05:33]>> Breathe out for me.

[00:05:37]Good.

[00:05:38]Okay. And that was your first low back adjustment.

[00:05:41]Muscle test pushing down. Don't let me.

[00:05:43]Again.

[00:05:45]Lot stronger, yeah?

[00:05:46]>> Adjust your sacrum, which is where the nerves out of there control that motion.

[00:05:51]Take it out.

[00:05:53]There we go.

[00:05:54]So, both of them went pretty easy, so they're they're ready to go.

[00:05:58]Raise your knee up. Hold it up right there. Push them down.

[00:06:01]Lot stronger, yes?

[00:06:02]>> Yeah.

[00:06:03]>> All right, good.

[00:06:24]Okay, I'm going to Can you actually hold on to the table so I don't slide you?

[00:06:28]>> Yep.

[00:06:28]>> I'll yank on your arch >> Got you.

[00:06:30]>> here. So, relax it as much as possible.

[00:06:40]Does that make sense to you that if the if the feet aren't moving well, aren't absorbing normal shock, >> Yeah.

[00:06:47]>> then your hips recruit and and move and activate differently.

[00:06:52]>> Makes sense.

[00:06:55]>> [snorts] >> Having said that, your feet have pretty good motion, so >> Okay, that's good.

[00:07:01]>> Fist here.

[00:07:03]What I'm going to do is push down.

[00:07:04]>> Mhm.

[00:07:05]>> You just resist the way you already are and rotate your head to the left as far as you can.

[00:07:11]And back to neutral.

[00:07:13]And that was a little bit less bad, wasn't it?

[00:07:14]>> Mhm.

[00:07:15]>> Let's just make sure that that's the case. Rotate your head to the left.

[00:07:19]Back to neutral and fist.

[00:07:22]Push them down and go.

[00:07:25]Yeah, it's it's it goes further and it feels easier.

[00:07:28]>> Yeah, it feels a lot easier.

[00:07:29]>> Basically, the the message here is when we have proper stability and control of our core and our body, our body moves way better with less distress and less discomfort.

[00:07:40]>> Yeah.

[00:07:40]>> What was that like for you?

[00:07:42]>> Um it just felt a lot better when I was actually holding something and this was stabilized. It was easier to turn my neck.

[00:07:49]>> Yeah.

[00:07:49]>> Yeah.

[00:07:49]>> Good. Um >> Yeah.

[00:07:54]>> So we do the butt touch game. That's what we call this. Purpose of this is to hinge through your hip.

[00:07:59]>> Mhm.

[00:07:59]>> Okay? While keeping your spine neutral.

[00:08:01]You've heard of that?

[00:08:02]>> No.

[00:08:02]>> Okay.

[00:08:03]So what I'm going to do is shift my butt back, tap it to the wall, and stand up straight. If I do it successfully the way I just did, then I get about a quarter inch off the wall.

[00:08:13]And so on and so forth.

[00:08:14]>> Gotcha.

[00:08:16]>> And the further we go with this, the more you're hinging through your hip, not through your spine, >> Gotcha.

[00:08:22]>> and you're really learning to to move through your hips.

[00:08:26]>> Yeah.

[00:08:26]>> That was like 3 and 1/2 inches. This one's going to be [laughter] really hard.

[00:08:30]I would I would go back a little bit.

[00:08:31]That's uh yeah.

[00:08:32]>> I moved too much. Okay.

[00:08:36]>> Good.

[00:08:39]Good. Now, this time don't touch my hands.

[00:08:42]>> Don't touch your hands? Okay.

[00:08:43]>> Mhm.

[00:08:46]You see the difference?

[00:08:47]>> Yeah.

[00:08:48]>> You like to go forward with your spine versus backwards with your hips.

[00:08:52]>> Gotcha.

[00:08:53]>> Perfect. And stand I want you to stand up all the way straight >> Mhm.

[00:08:58]>> and engage glutes. I'm sorry. Abs and glute kind of at the same time.

[00:09:04]>> Okay.

[00:09:08]>> Good.

[00:09:09]And again.

[00:09:12]Beautiful. Any irritation when you do this?

[00:09:14]>> Mhm.

[00:09:15]>> Good. Super small quarter inch off.

[00:09:18]Good. Feel good? And you're engaging here >> Yeah.

[00:09:21]>> at the at the top at the full extension of it. All right, good. What I want you to do is start really activating your lats to create more stability in your spine during the hip hinge. So what I'm going to do that put your the bar forward a little bit.

[00:09:38]The The second pair of exercises where we started with the I call it the butt touch game, but the hip hinge against the wall, and then we got with using the band, we got your lats activating. What was that like for you?

[00:09:50]>> Uh I think right off the bat it felt a lot better when you had me doing it that way cuz I could actually feel everything engage properly um versus how I was doing it before.

[00:09:59]>> Mhm.

[00:10:00]>> Yeah.

[00:10:00]>> Good. What kind of impact do you think this will make using these couple of strategies we gave you and then the coaching cues we gave you? What difference will that make going forward with your physical health, but also with your working out with with your fitness with all all that sort of stuff?

[00:10:19]>> I think it'll help um specifically with my lower back pain, and it'll also help me improve strength-wise and with my form in general.

[00:10:26]>> Good.

[00:10:27]>> Yeah.

[00:10:27]>> We learned here today was two things.

[00:10:30]Number one, we got your hips moving better.

[00:10:32]>> Mhm.

[00:10:32]>> Um number two, we showed you the proper mechanics of really hinging at the hip and keeping the movement and the stress out of the spine.

[00:10:42]>> Yeah.

[00:10:42]>> And then adding the lat engagement, which is just going to help you stay neutral during your movements. And if you do these things during the deadlift, you should feel good. And it And the deadlift should reinforce spinal health versus beating up on it. Deadlift's a very good healthy activity for you to be doing, uh but when you do it wrong, which you were a little bit, >> Mhm.

[00:11:04]>> that Yeah, that's when it's going to beat up on you.

[00:11:06]>> Got you.

[00:11:07]>> All right.

[00:11:07]>> Yeah.

[00:11:08]>> Bella, how did that go for you?

[00:11:09]>> Perfectly. I feel a lot better already, and uh I learned some interesting new things.

[00:11:13]>> Good.

[00:11:14]>> Yeah.

[00:11:14]>> Was it scary?

[00:11:15]>> No.

[00:11:16]>> It wasn't scary.

[00:11:17]>> No.

[00:11:17]>> Good. Uh a lot of people think it's scary, then they do it, and then it's really not all that scary. Just whatever whatever we had in our minds kind of makes it scary sometimes. Do you think this will make a difference for you when you're at work?

[00:11:30]>> Oh, yeah, definitely. Cuz I'm on my feet so much, so I can't, you know, I can't have that lower back pain. So, I think if I work on all of that, I'll feel a lot better at work.

[00:11:39]>> Right.

[00:11:39]>> Yeah.

[00:11:40]>> Cuz you have you have a very active job as a bartender. You're lifting stuff.

[00:11:43]You're you're on your feet for long hours. And you need to really have that that physical capacity, that endurance, that strength to be able to serve your customers with a smile on your face.

[00:11:54]>> Yeah.

[00:11:55]>> So, hopefully this leads to to helping with that.

[00:11:58]>> Yeah.

[00:11:59]>> So, thank you so much for being a great patient. You're a great sport and awesome on camera.

[00:12:04]Um Do you have anything else you want to say?

[00:12:06]>> I don't know, do you?

[00:12:09]>> Okay.