NECK MUSIC

It's taking some adjustment to get use to the snaps and crunched my cervical spine is making. It scared me when it first happened which was at about 2 or 3 months ago. Before that I didn't move my neck very much LOL.

It actually feels good when I can get my neck out of the "stuck" place. I know that it's just gases popping or ligaments moving back into place. It sounds really loud because my joints are near my ears. My elbows and knees have always made "music" and really load to all. I think I'm the only one who hears my neck "sing".

Lynn Hahn   www.getrealfit.org

LOST WITHOUT MY PILLOW

Me and my pillow strolling down the avenue. That's my song!

I take my lower back pillow with me every where. We went to dinner last night and as usual my pillow went with me. It's a lumbar pillow.

It's amazing how proper alignment supports your head. If I forget my pillow I end up putting my purse or whatever I can find in the curve of my lower back.

I'm almost a year out now and still have some discomfort. I have about a month and hope that magical day I'll feel normal. Won't that be sweet!

I believe I'll always take my pillow because I never want to be in this seat again. Try a lumbar pillow. You'll be amazed how much it helps you support your neck.

Hope all is well with you. I'm open for questions so bring them my way:)

Lynn Hahn  www.getrealfit.org

I'M GETTING BACK TO LIVING!

Here I am! I wanted to share these stretches with you. I'm so willing to answer questions.

Lynn Hahn  www.getrealfit.org

I'M STILL HERE!

I'm so busy living I forget to share my progress with you.

I'm still recovering but am getting so much better. I can sit and work on my computer without feeling like I'm going to die.

I just wanted to check in. I'll share more later.

There are a lot of great tips on the earlier posts be sure to check them out!

Lynn Hahn   www.getrealfit.org

RELAX YOUR BACK

I've decided to slow down on my massages. The therapist taught me amazing things but he likes to do traction and I'm not suppose to have traction EVER! I keep telling him I don't want traction and then have to ask him to stop when he does it anyway.

The bones are suppose to fuse. If you start pulling them apart that's contrary to the goal.

The device that's really helped me to stretch my lower back is the lumbar extender.

I keep it on the lowest setting so I don't over stretch my back.

I have lumbar bulges on 4 and 5 and hope to prevent them from herniating. My cervical spine had 3 herniated disks that were too far gone to save.

If I skip my morning stretch on the lumbar extender I pay for it later in the day. The whole spine needs help after spinal surgery. Stretching is key.

Traction and stretching are different things.

My general practitioner tells me the most important thing to do is to relax.

Lynn Hahn   www.getrealfit.org