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TomFurman wrote:Cervical?
Try the suspension rig used by David Carradine in his hotel.
Occlusion training of the neck is quite relaxing.

Revolting.

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TomFurman wrote:Cervical?
Try the suspension rig used by David Carradine in his hotel.
Occlusion training of the neck is quite relaxing.

Yeah, there was already a Carradine joke in this thread, Johnny Come Lately

Agree with the inversion table and the band traction stuff. The cat and camel is a good one, too. If you're just starting out on the inversion table, though be very conservative with your angle and the time you spend on it. It's really to spend too long and you will not feel too good after. Work up, though, and it can be really relaxing.

As has been noted by A.E. Newman, a good and steep downward dog is an excellent choice for gentle traction of T and C vertebrae.

I've got a possible bulging disc in my upper thoracic spine right close to between my shoulder blades. I get the most bang out of rolling on my 4" pvc roller and by doing a version of down dog holding onto the handrails of the locomotive with my feet up on the first or second step. You push out and let gravity pull down by holding onto the handrails and push out with the legs so you are in a near standing down dog position. I always get a nice pop from that. The old Universal pull up machine was a great tool when I had access. I'd set the hip belt, load up 100+ pounds of resistance, and just hang.

Surgery worked well for me.

Ed Zachary wrote:I get the most bang out of doing a version of down dog holding onto the handrails of the locomotive with my feet up on the first or second step.

Holy shit that's hot