A client with neck pain

Our last client had a sore neck and shoulder on her right side. Massage helped a little bit but after a few hours pain persisted. We had a positive result after an adjustment and I offered them this explaination.

"The sympton can be tight muscles, but the problem is causing tight muscles. In particular the levator scap causing pain and the inability for you to turn your head.

By getting adjusted we stimulate movement in your neck which takes tension off of the levator scapulae muscle.

It makes sense when you look at a picture of it, imagine the muscle is normally a bungee cord, but part of it has turned "ropey"; have a look at what the muscle attaches to... the vertebrae in your neck!

so it's restricting them from moving, but the muscle is turning "ropey" because it is trying to stop your neck from moving because it doesn't want you to feel any pain. ie/ if your neck moves it causes pain, so muscles tightne to restrict movement and pain.

So getting a massage stops the muscle being tight, but there is still pain so it tightens up twice as much the next day so that it can't be relaxed again...

This is why a chiropractic adjustment helps. It gets to the root of your problem.. SPINAL RESTRICTION, once the spine can move properly the muscle doesn't need to tighten up to reduce movement anymore"

Note: I love my job, particularly when my clients smile and say thank you because they not only feel better but understand why.

Have a great day