[Purpose] To present a case demonstrating dramatic restoration of the cervical lordosis
and reduction of forward head posture by use of Chiropractic BioPhysics
®
(CBP
®
) technique. [Participant and Methods] A 24-year-old cervical
asymptomatic female presented with poor craniocervical posture. Radiography revealed
forward head posture and an exaggerated cervical kyphosis. [Results] The patient received
CBP care including mirror image
®
cervical extension exercises, cervical
extension traction and spinal manipulative therapy. After 36 treatments over 17-weeks,
repeat radiography demonstrated a dramatic improvement of an alteration of the cervical
kyphosis to a lordosis and a reduction of forward head posture. Subsequent treatment
increased the lordosis further. Long-term follow-up at 3.5 years showed some loss of
original correction, however, a maintenance of the global lordosis. [Conclusion] This case
demonstrates that non-surgical reversal of a cervical kyphosis to a lordosis is possible
in a short time using CBP cervical extension protocols. It is logical if the kyphosis had
not been corrected, over time, osteoarthritis and various craniovertebral symptoms would
have evolved as the literature indicates. The diagnosis of gross spinal deformity, we
argue, requires its correction prior to the onset of symptoms and permanent degenerative
changes.
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