💡 A Different Way to Think About Neck Tension & Pain

Ryan Whelton

23d • General discussion

I recently treated a patient with persistent neck tension and pain — something I see all the time.

She’d already tried everything:

💊 muscle relaxants

💆‍♀️ massage

💥 chiropractic

🏋️‍♂️ traditional PT

But here’s the thing — in my experience, the issue is not primarily muscular. It’s neurological.The nervous system controls the muscles. When the nervous system is dysregulated, the muscles stay “on” — constantly guarding, tight, and reactive.

So instead of chasing muscles, I target the nervous system. Once that calms, the muscular system naturally relaxes.

Ask yourself:

“Why does my patient’s neck feel like they’ve been in an MVA… when they haven’t?”

For this particular patient, I had her order a grounding pillowcase on Amazon to sleep on (if you haven’t yet, watch The Earthing Movie on YouTube — it explains the science beautifully).

Usually, I see around a 30% reduction in neck tension just from grounding interventions…But this patient? No neck pain after one week. 🙌Watch the Earthing Movie here ==>> https://youtu.be/44ddtR0XDVU?si=3RvYbty6obhWFkqY

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