Recovery day. Ha. Just ran the dog a few times. We're driving to St. George in the afternoon, so want to save my energy! I saw the chiropractor for the last time today, for final x-ray results. My neck angle is now 38 degrees, which is pretty good. The progression went: 18 degrees, 22 degrees, 33 degrees, 38 degrees. So my "arc of life" is restored. The only negatives were that my the bottom part of my neck didn't want to budge, so that didn't change much. And the x-rays of my lower back didn't show much change, so no increase of curvature there. However the disc spacing of the lowest vertebrae increased by 25%, which is a postive, since it was a bit too narrow before (potentially suggesting a bulge). So that's that. No more Pettibon method. It certainly helped my neck, but didn't change my life or anything. My problem is auto-immune, and not mechanical. So fixing my posture will not fix my problem. However, bad posture can make the existing inflammation much worse, thus it was still good thing to do and will probably minimize posture-related problems. Plus, if my neck ever fuses, it will fuse in the correct alignment, so that my chin isn't stuck down in my chest or anything (I'm not kidding). yea!
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