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This video was filmed at Body Worlds, Edmonton science Center with Dr. Brian Abelson and Dr. Tarveen Ahluwalia.
Brian Abelson is the author of Release Your Pain: Resolving Repetitive Strain Injuries with Active Release Techniques®.
The figures used in this video are not sculptures, they are actual "plastinated" cadavers. So if you are squeamish about such things, don't watch the video.
Dr. Tarveen Ahluwalia, Kinetic Health Calgary
Dr. Ahluwalia opens the video with a discussion of whiplash which is a trauma related condition resulting from the head being forced back (hyperextension) and then forward again (hyperflexion) very quicky, or vice versa, as in a car accident.
She then explains some of the symptoms or complaints associated with neck pain, including pain at the base of the skull, or even in the shoulder or upper back area. Neurological signs may also be present, such as numbness and tingling which runs down the arm or upper back.
Due to the interconnected nature of the cerivical, thoracic, and lumbar spine areas, neck pain can be due to due to a problem lower down the kinetic chain. Treatment must start with a thorough evaluation of the entire kinetic chain.
Later on she discusses some treatment options which of course include soft-tissue techniques such as ART® or Graston to relieve adhesions (scar tissue), and at home exercises such as postural correction, stretches and of course strength training.
She mentions particularly the area of the pecoralis minor in regards to stretching.
Dr. Abelson
Dr. Abelson explains how restrictions in the area of the sternocleidomastoid (SCM) put pressure on a netword of nerves called the bracial plexus (which pass throught the scalenes) which results in numbness, pain, and tingling down the arm. Compression in this area causes a condition known as thoracic outlet syndrome. This is related to forward posture in which the shoulders are hunched forward the the pectoral muscles are tight and shortened.
Associated Neck Pain Symptoms
- Muscle Spasms
- Swelling
- TMJ
- Visual Problems
- Hearing Problems
- Dizziness, Nausea
- Pain down arms
- Neurological symptoms
- Numbness
- Tingling
- Muscle Weakness
Commonly Affected Posterior (Back of Body) Muscles
- Trapezius
- Semispinalis Capitis
- Splenius Capitis
- Rectus Capitis (Minor/Major)
- Superior/Inferior Obliques
- Rhomboids
- Serratus Posterior Superior
- Levator Scapulae
Commonly Affected Anterior (Front of Body) Muscles
- Platysma
- Sternocleidomastoid
- Longus Colli
- Scalenes
- Omoyiod
- Pectoralis Major/Minor
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