If you draw lines on the back of each vertebral body, and then trace those lines, you have the neck curve. Many times that curvature is decreased or is there, but the whole thing is shifted forward. This isn't good either because this is another misalignment. Remember, any spinal misalignment means nerve pressure. And nerve pressure in the neck means neck pain!
This describes a global misalignment. That's what they call it when the whole spine is shifted one way or another. There can be individual misalignments too. Let's say one or two vertebrae come off that line. Those are individual misalignments. Either kind can create nerve pressure.
I see many who have lost that neck curve and have neck malpositions. By the way, malposition is analogous to misalignment. Just think of your daily activities, texting on the phone, typing on the tablet, working with your head constantly down towards a desk. The list goes on...
Sleeping on your side, the neck pillow keeps the head straight. Essentially when you are standing, if someone is looking at you from the front or back, your spine is straight up and down. Looking at you from the side, there are nice, smooth flowing curves. You don't want the head tilted to the bed, as with a pillow that's too flat. You also don't want something too big or fluffy. Then, your head tilts to
Also, don't forget, those nerves may travel elsewhere too. You've got, tingling in the fingers, headaches, muscle tension. The brain and spinal cord is where the nerves start, and the innervation must travel though the neck.
Not only that, they convey other messages than just pain. Like I eluded to already, maybe it's muscle spasm, maybe it's numbness and tingling, maybe it's muscle cramping... Also, maybe it's severe, maybe it's constant vs off and on, maybe it's brought on by something really random...
Keeping this spine in normal, good alignment is paramount in having no pain or any other symptom. Normal alignment means the nerves are free from pressure and work lik
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