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The Dangers of Self-Manipulating Your Neck: What You Need to Know

Updated: Jun 20

The Dangers of Self-Manipulating Your Neck: What You Need to Know


Sometimes we do our own stretches, and muscle therapy and some people try to manipulate their own necks.


Are you a self manipulator of the neck ? Read this when things go wrong
Are you a self manipulator of the neck ? Read this when things go wrong

A new report (April 2023) came out and looked into patients that self-manipulated and had given themselves dizziness as a result


The patient experienced the self-manipulation

- acute onset vertigo

- imbalance


Upon Examination by the chiropractor after the incident

- had a loss of normal cervical lordosis


The Chiropractor then performed

- spinal manipulation

- soft tissue release

- rehabilitative exercises


The results where


AFTER 4 weeks of care, symptoms had improved


AFTER a 6 month's follow up- patient remained asymptomatic


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Reference

Cureus . 2023 Apr 3;15(4):e37051. doi: 10.7759/cureus.37051. eCollection 2023 Apr.

Cervicogenic Dizziness After Self-Manipulation of the Cervical Spine

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