Almost everyone has experienced waking up with a sore neck. Or something happens and the neck just hurts so that you can barely turn your head. Most chiropractors charge around $75 for a ten-minute visit to force the neck back into position, almost always causing soft tissue damage. Smart chiropractors know this and ice their clients after an adjustment Another case of the cure being worse than the condition. Now, it is literally possible for you take matters into your hands. And, it can be done gently without force, cracking, or pain.
The most common misalignment in the neck is caused by one or more vertebra rotating to one side or the other. The part of the vertebra that protrudes at the back of the neck is called the spinous process. Think of this bony protuberance pointing more to one side or the other. This is the vertebra rotating to that side.
Many muscles attach to the spinous process, and when you press into those muscles the tenderness is where they are bunched up from the vertebral rotation. This is true even when your neck isn’t really bothering you. A minor tenderness you might find in your neck most likely is a minor misalignment. There are adjustment muscles that are constantly pulling against the vertebra, working to keep the neck and other joints in alignment. These minor mishaps in the alignment aren’t usually noticed because they are minor, and the body does the adjustment naturally as you move about with your normal activity. In some ways, the technique presented here is an extension of the natural way the body does these realignments all the time.