If you are anything like me, after being inactive for a while you probably have a good old stretch, including rolling your neck and cracking it. Usually giving a feeling of relief.
Well, we may not be doing ourselves as much good as we think. So says Nancy Ryks, physical therapist, in an article on the edmontonjournal.com website.
She says that in many cases it only provides temporary relief, if any at all. And repetitive cracking can lead to overstretching of the neck joints and possibly hyper-mobility or even instability. This in turn could lead to chronic pain and dysfunction.
Doesn’t sound too good does it? Read the story here.
As a footnote for today, if you take codeine on a regular basis (as I used to) are you addicted? For information, read this readers letter (a bit disjointed but you'll get the gist) to Dr. Miriam Stoppard on the dailymirror .co.uk website and check out her reply.
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