Cervical curve reversal is one of the leading causes of patient symptoms and degenerative spinal changes. Accompanied by forward displacement of the head, the muscles of the neck and upper back must contract progressively harder as cervical kyphosis worsens. The increased muscular force needed to hold the displaced forward head increases spinal compression, leading to advancing disk and joint deterioration. A host of patient symptoms are related, including neck pain, headaches, TMJ pain, radiculopathy, myofacial syndromes, upper back pain and fatigue, occipital neuralgia, balance problems or in-coordination, and emotional stress.

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