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”.

The reason that computer jobs do this to the neck is all mechanical in nature. If you wrench a structure into an unnatural position and then keep it there for long enough, its going to stay there. This is what happens to the neck and head.

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.

Bellevue neck is when the head drifts too far forward over the shoulders and normal curve in the neck is lost. This is bad, because it causes undue stress to the entire body, and over time can actually create pain and discomfort.

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!

Do you want to find out if you have Bellevue Neck? Visit www.bellevuechiropractorblog.com to schedule your consultation with Dr. Weir today!

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