A local Tacoma chiropractor explains secrets to neck pain, Part 2
June 12th, 2010
SECRET #2: EXERCISE CAN ACTUALLY BE HARMFUL, according to local tacoma chiropractor Dr. Vince Leone.This is probably not what you want to hear. Especially ifyou’ve been through rounds of physical therapy or eventried to exercise the problem away yourself without anyrelief, or worse, it even increased your painYou see, if you have a disc or nerve problem, exercisecan actually be harmful to you. Certain directions liketwisting or bending into the wrong positions can actuallydamage the disc or even pinch the nerve and make your painworse.And…if you have untreated muscle imbalances from poorposture, the last thing you want to do is go to the gym andexercise. Untreated muscle imbalances get worse duringexercise.Again, the good news is that there are simple muscletests and even high tech computer equipment like SurfaceEMG that can show muscle imbalance or a pinched nerve.These tests are painless and can immediately locate theproblem.
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