Hi everyone-
I have been posting about my neck issues ever since my surgery on June 8th. I have to say I am able to hold my neck up for about 5 hours now! I used to only be able to hold it up for an hour, which was very scary. Keep in mind that 3 weeks after surgery my neck was totally normal and I had no problems with it! I just think the muscles atrophied or it's just that my neck doesn't know how to position itself since I had bad kyphosis and scoliosis combined.
Anyway, with all that being said, now that I am in PT for my neck, I am able to hold my neck up high for about 5 hours now before it starts to fatigue and go down. The weird thing is is that we have to work on retractions in therapy because my neck pretty much sticks out like a giraffe neck (it didn't do this before surgery). Before surgery, I guess you could say my neck held itself normal, but I had about 68 degrees kyphosis and 55 degrees throacic scoliosis on top so the large hump I had I'm sure didn't make my neck really "stand up" straight. Anyway, my question to you all is, after surgery, do you notice your neck looking different? Does anyone have the "girafe-looking" neck like me? My neck is currently leaning forward and sticking high and straight out. In PT we work on bringing the neck inward (basically trying to bring the neck inwards to make a double chin). I have had 4 weeks of PT for this, but I am so busy with the kids it is impossible to hold my neck in this position all day! They said I should do it every waking moment! I am starting to get frustrated!!! My back, finally is starting to feel back to normal, but I am really getting frustrated with my neck. I wish I had a crystal ball which would tell me my neck problems would be resolved in 6 months or so, I'm just scared something is seriously wrong with it. Dr. Boachie couldn't have been too scared 'cause my next appointment is in December!!!!
Anyway, just wanted to see if anyone else has the giraffe neck going on. I read posts about leaning forward, just wondering if people mean they are leaning forward with their backs or also with their necks. My back doesn't lean forward, it's just my neck. I still want to try my chiropractor for my neck since he has done magical fixes in the past. I called Dr. B a few weeks ago and he said it was up to me, he didn't give me a yes or no answer.
Thanks for listening. Hope everyone is doing well.
JenM
I have been posting about my neck issues ever since my surgery on June 8th. I have to say I am able to hold my neck up for about 5 hours now! I used to only be able to hold it up for an hour, which was very scary. Keep in mind that 3 weeks after surgery my neck was totally normal and I had no problems with it! I just think the muscles atrophied or it's just that my neck doesn't know how to position itself since I had bad kyphosis and scoliosis combined.
Anyway, with all that being said, now that I am in PT for my neck, I am able to hold my neck up high for about 5 hours now before it starts to fatigue and go down. The weird thing is is that we have to work on retractions in therapy because my neck pretty much sticks out like a giraffe neck (it didn't do this before surgery). Before surgery, I guess you could say my neck held itself normal, but I had about 68 degrees kyphosis and 55 degrees throacic scoliosis on top so the large hump I had I'm sure didn't make my neck really "stand up" straight. Anyway, my question to you all is, after surgery, do you notice your neck looking different? Does anyone have the "girafe-looking" neck like me? My neck is currently leaning forward and sticking high and straight out. In PT we work on bringing the neck inward (basically trying to bring the neck inwards to make a double chin). I have had 4 weeks of PT for this, but I am so busy with the kids it is impossible to hold my neck in this position all day! They said I should do it every waking moment! I am starting to get frustrated!!! My back, finally is starting to feel back to normal, but I am really getting frustrated with my neck. I wish I had a crystal ball which would tell me my neck problems would be resolved in 6 months or so, I'm just scared something is seriously wrong with it. Dr. Boachie couldn't have been too scared 'cause my next appointment is in December!!!!
Anyway, just wanted to see if anyone else has the giraffe neck going on. I read posts about leaning forward, just wondering if people mean they are leaning forward with their backs or also with their necks. My back doesn't lean forward, it's just my neck. I still want to try my chiropractor for my neck since he has done magical fixes in the past. I called Dr. B a few weeks ago and he said it was up to me, he didn't give me a yes or no answer.
Thanks for listening. Hope everyone is doing well.
JenM
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