Addressing Cervical Spondylosis at Its Core: From Root to Relief

Stretching, strengthening, massaging, icing, heating, etc only reduce your symptoms of cervical spondylosis temporarily and don't address the root issue, and you know that. In this video, you will learn your root issue and how to address it so you can bring real relief to your neck and improve your functions!
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[@noodlesm8282]

You make perfect sense Taro. The head weighs 10 lbs and I have a long neck. I tend to walk with my chin jutting forward which puts massive pressure on my cervical spine. The pain I feel three days after expensive physiotherapy is sharp and excruciating. Thank you for your wonderful insight and advice 🙏💫

[@TaroIwamoto]

you're welcome:)

[@BuddhatheRockstar]

I completely agree because I have been seeing an amazing acupuncturist & massage therapist for 25 years. They constantly remind me to stretch which I always have. My pain never goes away. I would imagine the neck has to do a lot of work to hold our head all day. I need to learn how my body works❤❤

[@TaroIwamoto]

great! that's so important because only you can understand about your body from the inside!

[@jimkovacs7]

Thank you Taro !! Very enlightening! So true, when in pain we tend to focus so much on just the spot we forget about the rest of the body... big hugs from Venezuela !

[@TaroIwamoto]

you're very welcome:)

[@user-hz3im6rc4n]

Very helpful! I would like to learn more about it. Thanks.

[@lovingod4ever33]

My issue is whenever I start to integrate new movement patterns, some other part of my body then just picks up the pain. In other words I correct my neck movement patterns, then my mid back starts hurting after about 3 days. I fix correct my movement patterns for my back and neck then my right knee starts getting sharp stabbing pains and it is difficult to go up and down stairs.....😫😩 I feel so hopeless and discouraged....

[@morganniciomhair8284]

Don't give up!Keep moving gently what you can.

[@TaroIwamoto]

how our nervous system interacts with our body is very interesting, and its role on pain is very interesting. if you haven't this video where I talk about how the nervous system works, and its role on pain, you might find this video helpful: kzbin.info/www/bejne/p2TSlJprdthmiKcsi=rXQZy8afR1hrh-wW

[@morganniciomhair8284]

@@TaroIwamoto THANK YOU, I AM CURRENTLY SEEING A CRANIO SACRAL WOMAN AFTER HORRIBLE INJURIES IN ACCIDENT.NOT SURE HOW IT WORKS, SHE IS LOVELY BUT SHE NEVER MOVES MY BODY.SHE DID SAY SHE COULDNT WORK ON MY HEAD COZ OF SHATTERED SKULL, FACE AND BRAIN HEMORAGE. I BROKE MY NECK AND BACK AND OPTICAL NERVE DAMAGE.SO I WAS HOPING FOR PAIN RELIEF.I GENUINELY HAVE FELT REWARDS FROM SOME OF YOUR LESSONS.I HAVE AQUIRED BRAIN INJURY SO I GET V CONFUSED.THANK YOU FOR BEING UNDERSTANDABLE AND KIND.REALLY.

[@morganniciomhair8284]

I love your thinking and teachings.Thank you kind Sir😊

[@TaroIwamoto]

my pleasure!

[@daniellalavallee3240]

Excellent! Merci!

[@TaroIwamoto]

you're welcome:)

[@KaisaMachinimas]

amazing video! Thank you so much! Eye opening 🙏

[@TaroIwamoto]

you're welcome:)

[@BillyBobDingo1971]

Great video.

[@TaroIwamoto]

thank you!

[@cathygauronski5354]

Yes, I have learned from you to integrate the pelvis and thoracic spine to achieve better posture for my neck ( which is loaded with arthritis) and it has been so helpful in managing my pain. I also use ginger and turmeric daily - no more prescription NSAIDS

[@TaroIwamoto]

glad to hear it!

[@JosePena-zj7dy]

Thank you ❤❤

[@TaroIwamoto]

you're welcome:)

[@Noonoo3336]

Thank you Taro. this video has precious insights. I have stiffness between my neck and upper back and when try to find how I move my neck up and down as you mentioned I find that I only move the upper part of my neck not even the whole neck. thank you for drawing my attention to my mistake.

[@TaroIwamoto]

You're so welcome!

[@ThuLe-eh1xe]

So, on your next video, you will show us how to correctly move the body along with the neck when we move our head? It would be clearer to us. I remember a year ago, you demonstrated that moving the hips when sitting on the chair will strengthen the legs. If the hips are not involved, the legs become weak. I did that exercise and found out that you were correct, that the hips hold the strength of the legs. I lost that video. Trying to find it. . So, we need to involve all the parts of our body to work together all parts of body to be stronger. Don't isolate one part. Hey, we are all one. Our body, our people, our Universe. Interesting video, teacher. Thank you for explaining.

[@TaroIwamoto]

i may have mentioned that I will cover that in the next videos, but I actually have another video next week :) Well, all my videos teach integrated movement, and all my hip videos are about the relationship between hips and all other parts, and all my neck videos are about the relationship between neck and all other parts. It's about connection and relationship, and it's about learning how to improve those relationships through movement retraining. You can think that your pelvis/hips is a part of your neck, so you can move your neck and head from your hips. Of course what connects your head and pelvis and hips is your spine. Try exploring moving your neck and head from your hips in many functional activities. That is a real movement practice!

[@ThuLe-eh1xe]

@@TaroIwamoto yes, the legs, pelvic, hips, spine, neck, head dance together harmoniously. Thank you.

[@TaroIwamoto]

@@ThuLe-eh1xe you're welcome:)

[@mistifa2908]

Super interesting!

[@TaroIwamoto]

what did you find interesting?

[@mistifa2908]

​@@TaroIwamotothe whole concept (that I've never really heard anybody talk about before) of habitual movement and becoming aware of that and working backwards in a sense to learn more of the root of the issue with the goal being integration

[@TaroIwamoto]

@@mistifa2908 glad you found this idea interesting. to me, the norm, or common belief about our body and how we should work with our body is artificial and backwards. we prescribe correction and fixing based on our atanomical understanding, not based on how we naturally function, so we are used to imposing preconceived ideas onto our bodies. we purely view our bodies mechanically and try to fix our bodies mechanically. what we don't often realize is that our nervous system is influecing our bodies, and movement patterns. so connecting with our body and learning about our body and how we are moving is really important to change the underlying conditions. that is awareness :)

[@a0um]

I think it should be mentioned that posture depends on emotions. I’d argue that in current society chronically bad posture is a sign of repressed emotions… which may be related with memories of interpersonal relationships. Yes, it’s crucial to RECONNECT with “the body”. That is, with the emotional level. I’m not advocating cathartic expressions. Rather a gradual re-cognition of such feelings and memories, to be reintegrated in functional patterns.

[@TaroIwamoto]

absolutely! i often talk about how the state of mind, nervous system is reflected in our physical body because body and mind are connected, or really one thing.

[@jodieaydemir7868]

I have c5 c6 disc degeneration and it’s so painful and your demonstration at the beginning is exactly my posture.. Is it possible to correct this.. All those years of computer work and looking down.. I’m going to start to make changes it effects my neck head and shoulders I’m always in pain

[@TaroIwamoto]

You can always retrain your movement patterns! If you start to change your habitual patterns, then, your body of course will start to adapt accordingly!

[@jodieaydemir7868]

@@TaroIwamoto Thank you I will start to make the changes..

[@TaroIwamoto]

@@jodieaydemir7868 Great!

[@ecmcn6323]

Thank you for your videos. I have always suffered lower back pain due to anterior pelvic tilt, so know my posture is never great. Recently have been getting unbearable headaches, pain at base of skull, spasms in my neck ; overall struggle to get up in mornings due to pain. I'm not even 50 yet! But do know being overweight isn't helping. 2024 will be a year of sel-care for me, with your movement videos at the heart of everything. I do not want to end up as decrepit old age pensioner. I'm about to be sn empty-nester & wang to get out & enjoy life. Thank you for your content.

[@TaroIwamoto]

YES! Owning your body and health is your choice, so making your health your priority is a great choice!

[@gailrocafort9112]

One of my problems is tension, from my marriage, will your way help me if I’m under stress. I’ve just gone through 5 months of PROLOTHERAPY on my neck and shoulders, which really did help, but in the past 4 months I’ve hurt myself twice, once on a huge wave crashing me to the ground, and just recently I slipped and almost fell but caught myself and it felt like whiplash again. I’m now suffering from pain when I take a deep breath when I’m lying down in bed. Any comment.

[@noodlesm8282]

Are you saying to focus on lifting the chest instead of depending on the neck to do all The weight/lifting?

[@TaroIwamoto]

let your chest support your neck. let your pelvis and hips support your chest and neck. all connected:)

[@veemcg3682]

I'm having dizzy spells that appear to be connected to how I move but I don't know what I am doing wrong.. Please can you help or do you know of a book I could read? Thank you. Vera in Northern Ireland.

[@karl-heinzbrohme5890]

So when I move my head the thoracic spine and more has to be involved?

[@TaroIwamoto]

it's not that it has to move. First, you become aware how you are moving habitually, and invite more parts of your body, yourself into movement so you integrate more parts of yourself into functional movements = less stress to your neck.

[@dabbog5518]

HealingLoveALL

[@TaroIwamoto]

:)

[@anng.r.687]

Is any of the integration movement helped or should be prevented if one has identified stenosis and arthritis in that same cervical area?

[@TaroIwamoto]

integration means movement is distributed more evenly through the entire body, so less movement where you have stenosis and arthritis, but because you habitually move more from that area, it's much easier to move from the area, so you have to pay close attention to how you move and you learn to re-distribute movement to reduce stress to the area. does that help?

[@anng.r.687]

@@TaroIwamoto Yes. Thank you.

[@all4inspiration]

💞🙏💞

[@TaroIwamoto]

:)

[@JustME-ft4di]

I have severe arthritis in neck but also craniocervical instability caused by a viral infection in 1996 that has caused mast Cell Activation. Not sure this is safe for me.

[@TaroIwamoto]

if you have upper cervical instability, it's a good idea to consult with your doctor first. But, to give you a broad perspective on the issue, when you don't integrate all parts of your body in functional activities, you move through certain parts a lot while you hardly move through certain parts. Overtime the areas you move a lot become hypermobile and can become unstable, whereas the areas you hardly move become hypomobile and can become stiff, immobile. Hypermobility and hypomobility are closely related to each other.

[@faribayagoobian7721]

I have a cervical hump . What can I do please?

[@TaroIwamoto]

that is very much related to this video. as you watch this video, please don't focus on the "label", but listen to the core principles I am sharing in this video, then you can understand a relationship between your movement patterns and your "cervical hump". Please don't think of "cervical hump" as a faulty structure that needs mechanical fixing, but rather think of it as a reflection of your habitual movement patterns. Then, you'll start to get a much broader view on your condition, and understand how you can improve.

[@faribayagoobian7721]

@@TaroIwamoto thank you so much