Cervical Lordosis

Gravity-assisted extension progressively reintroduces the cervical lordotic curve. The connection between cervical curve loss, psoas spasm, lumbar scoliosis, and disc herniation is explicitly treated as needing more research. Loss of cervical curve was reportedly common in a clinical review of about 2,000 x-rays. The cervical spine has a natural inward curve that is biomechanically essential. The cervical curve distributes the skull's weight across muscles, tendons, ligaments, and intervertebral discs. The cervical curve is described as the natural curve of the neck, and its loss is linked to forward head posture, pain, airway restriction, and possible nervous-system effects. The article proposes that lower-back pain can originate from neck mechanics. Loss of the cervical curve dramatically increases stress on every soft-tissue structure in the neck region.