Many of us spend hours each day in front of our computer screens. Often our head and neck are not in optimal alignment. Years of this will eventually takes its toll; the result is chronic neck pain.
To avoid this neck pain, we’ll often restrict our movements. The body adapts to this restricted range of motion by restructuring. Calcium deposits form and arthritis ensues. The result can be a permanently decreased range of motion, diminished strength, and poor neck-head alignment (head tilts forward). Once that forward head tilt becomes your “normal” posture, gravity bearing down on the head will make the situation worse.
This can be avoided with just a few minutes a week of proper exercise for the neck. It is a rare to find effective neck exercise equipment. We have that equipment at our Austin personal training facility.
Proper neck exercise can help:
Avert the onset of osteopenia of the cervical vertebra.
Decrease the likelihood of sustaining serious neck injuries.
Maintain the strength and mobility necessary to support proper neck-head alignment.
Deter the onset of arthritis and avoid years of chronic neck pain.
In the video you can see that the MedX neck exercise machine tracks an arc. Bow your head and then lift up and look at the ceiling. Your neck follows an arc too. When the movement of the neck and the resistance follow the same arc, this makes for a much safer exercise. There is no vertebral compression; you don’t have weight bearing down on the top of your head. It is one exercise that feels good to do, and your neck feels better afterwards. It feels less like exercise and more like therapy.
Is it worth a few minutes each week to maintain neck strength and live pain-free? We think it is.
In addition to the MedX neck exercise equipment Kelly Personal Training has a full line of MedX equipment that will safely strengthen your entire body, and qualified trainers to guide you through the whole process.
PS1: How rare is this piece of equipment? I had a man inquire about our neck machine and insisted on coming in to use the equipment. He lived in Plano and still wanted to come in. I was able to find a physical therapy facility that had the equipment about an hour outside of Plano. He went there instead.
PS2: We do have a massage therapist on staff for neck and full-body massage.
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