Your Spine vs Gravity — Here’s What Happens

Hi, I’m Dr. Jacob Hendendrickson, the
owner and chiropractor at Crystal Grove
Chiropractic in Loots, Florida. This is
an example of what a normal or almost
textbook perfect neck curve should look
like on the side view of an X-ray.
Notice the nice easy curvature through
the spine with even spacing through all
the vertebrae where the discs go. And at
the bottom of the skull, you notice that
there is a lot of space in between the
top vertebra and the skull, allowing
adequate space for movement
of the neck. If you are suffering or
experience chronic migraines, headaches,
which may be associated or not
associated with neck pain or stiffness,
here is more than likely the reason why.
Now, as humans, we’re constantly
fighting gravity all day long. Gravity
is a killer on our spine. This is
because we walk upright. Our spine is
constantly upright walking, sitting and
due to that compression is being put on
our spine in some cases causing our
spine to accommodate to that compression
and get stuck in that way.