Guest guest Posted July 28, 2007 Report Share Posted July 28, 2007 Makes the neck muscles weak, but also stabilizes the neck. I wore a hard neck brace for 14 weeks after I had neck surgery,then a soft brace for four more . Had to have PT after that to strenghten the muscles . the neck will also be very stiff after that also . She should check with her doctor , not get advise ONLINE . grasshopperx_10 <woody10@...> wrote: I just answered a post at a jaw group. the person was wearing a neck brace for a few hours, and then she was comlaining she couldnt hold her head up. i told her neck braces are a No no. did i give the right advice? i think i did? thats what my chiro told me. makes the neck weak? cindy --------------------------------- Building a website is a piece of cake. Small Business gives you all the tools to get online. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted July 28, 2007 Report Share Posted July 28, 2007 Makes the neck muscles weak, but also stabilizes the neck. I wore a hard neck brace for 14 weeks after I had neck surgery,then a soft brace for four more . Had to have PT after that to strenghten the muscles . the neck will also be very stiff after that also . She should check with her doctor , not get advise ONLINE . grasshopperx_10 <woody10@...> wrote: I just answered a post at a jaw group. the person was wearing a neck brace for a few hours, and then she was comlaining she couldnt hold her head up. i told her neck braces are a No no. did i give the right advice? i think i did? thats what my chiro told me. makes the neck weak? cindy --------------------------------- Building a website is a piece of cake. Small Business gives you all the tools to get online. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted July 28, 2007 Report Share Posted July 28, 2007 Makes the neck muscles weak, but also stabilizes the neck. I wore a hard neck brace for 14 weeks after I had neck surgery,then a soft brace for four more . Had to have PT after that to strenghten the muscles . the neck will also be very stiff after that also . She should check with her doctor , not get advise ONLINE . grasshopperx_10 <woody10@...> wrote: I just answered a post at a jaw group. the person was wearing a neck brace for a few hours, and then she was comlaining she couldnt hold her head up. i told her neck braces are a No no. did i give the right advice? i think i did? thats what my chiro told me. makes the neck weak? cindy --------------------------------- Building a website is a piece of cake. Small Business gives you all the tools to get online. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted July 28, 2007 Report Share Posted July 28, 2007 Makes the neck muscles weak, but also stabilizes the neck. I wore a hard neck brace for 14 weeks after I had neck surgery,then a soft brace for four more . Had to have PT after that to strenghten the muscles . the neck will also be very stiff after that also . She should check with her doctor , not get advise ONLINE . grasshopperx_10 <woody10@...> wrote: I just answered a post at a jaw group. the person was wearing a neck brace for a few hours, and then she was comlaining she couldnt hold her head up. i told her neck braces are a No no. did i give the right advice? i think i did? thats what my chiro told me. makes the neck weak? cindy --------------------------------- Building a website is a piece of cake. Small Business gives you all the tools to get online. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted July 29, 2007 Report Share Posted July 29, 2007 Smokie. Did you do neck isometrics? those kind of exercises? like the neck rotation one, the hand on the head ones? that is what the chiro told me to do.. He said they were pt exercises. so i have been doing some, very slow. they are not hleping but not hurting either, so i am going to keep at them. sometimes i cheat and dont do them. --- In neck pain , Smokie1952 <smokie1952@...> wrote: > > Makes the neck muscles weak, but also stabilizes the neck. I wore a hard neck brace for 14 weeks after I had neck surgery,then a soft brace for four more . Had to have PT after that to strenghten the muscles . the neck will also be very stiff after that also . She should check with her doctor , not get advise ONLINE . > > > > > grasshopperx_10 <woody10@...> wrote: I just answered a post at a jaw group. the person was wearing a neck > brace for a few hours, and then she was comlaining she couldnt hold her > head up. i told her neck braces are a No no. did i give the right > advice? i think i did? thats what my chiro told me. makes the neck > weak? cindy > > > > > > > --------------------------------- > Building a website is a piece of cake. > Small Business gives you all the tools to get online. > > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted July 29, 2007 Report Share Posted July 29, 2007 Smokie. Did you do neck isometrics? those kind of exercises? like the neck rotation one, the hand on the head ones? that is what the chiro told me to do.. He said they were pt exercises. so i have been doing some, very slow. they are not hleping but not hurting either, so i am going to keep at them. sometimes i cheat and dont do them. --- In neck pain , Smokie1952 <smokie1952@...> wrote: > > Makes the neck muscles weak, but also stabilizes the neck. I wore a hard neck brace for 14 weeks after I had neck surgery,then a soft brace for four more . Had to have PT after that to strenghten the muscles . the neck will also be very stiff after that also . She should check with her doctor , not get advise ONLINE . > > > > > grasshopperx_10 <woody10@...> wrote: I just answered a post at a jaw group. the person was wearing a neck > brace for a few hours, and then she was comlaining she couldnt hold her > head up. i told her neck braces are a No no. did i give the right > advice? i think i did? thats what my chiro told me. makes the neck > weak? cindy > > > > > > > --------------------------------- > Building a website is a piece of cake. > Small Business gives you all the tools to get online. > > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted July 29, 2007 Report Share Posted July 29, 2007 Smokie. Did you do neck isometrics? those kind of exercises? like the neck rotation one, the hand on the head ones? that is what the chiro told me to do.. He said they were pt exercises. so i have been doing some, very slow. they are not hleping but not hurting either, so i am going to keep at them. sometimes i cheat and dont do them. --- In neck pain , Smokie1952 <smokie1952@...> wrote: > > Makes the neck muscles weak, but also stabilizes the neck. I wore a hard neck brace for 14 weeks after I had neck surgery,then a soft brace for four more . Had to have PT after that to strenghten the muscles . the neck will also be very stiff after that also . She should check with her doctor , not get advise ONLINE . > > > > > grasshopperx_10 <woody10@...> wrote: I just answered a post at a jaw group. the person was wearing a neck > brace for a few hours, and then she was comlaining she couldnt hold her > head up. i told her neck braces are a No no. did i give the right > advice? i think i did? thats what my chiro told me. makes the neck > weak? cindy > > > > > > > --------------------------------- > Building a website is a piece of cake. > Small Business gives you all the tools to get online. > > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted July 29, 2007 Report Share Posted July 29, 2007 Smokie. Did you do neck isometrics? those kind of exercises? like the neck rotation one, the hand on the head ones? that is what the chiro told me to do.. He said they were pt exercises. so i have been doing some, very slow. they are not hleping but not hurting either, so i am going to keep at them. sometimes i cheat and dont do them. --- In neck pain , Smokie1952 <smokie1952@...> wrote: > > Makes the neck muscles weak, but also stabilizes the neck. I wore a hard neck brace for 14 weeks after I had neck surgery,then a soft brace for four more . Had to have PT after that to strenghten the muscles . the neck will also be very stiff after that also . She should check with her doctor , not get advise ONLINE . > > > > > grasshopperx_10 <woody10@...> wrote: I just answered a post at a jaw group. the person was wearing a neck > brace for a few hours, and then she was comlaining she couldnt hold her > head up. i told her neck braces are a No no. did i give the right > advice? i think i did? thats what my chiro told me. makes the neck > weak? cindy > > > > > > > --------------------------------- > Building a website is a piece of cake. > Small Business gives you all the tools to get online. > > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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