Cervical Traction Pillow Benefits & How To Use It!

NOTE: There are some precautions and contraindications to cervical traction, so make sure you check with your doctor or physical therapist before trying it.

Basically, a cervical traction pillow gently stretches the neck to help relieve pain in the disc and joints in your cervical spine (neck).

Today I am using the Kanuda Head Nap, which helps stretch and relieve pressure through gravity. It’s designed by physical therapists, and helps simulate manual traction that targets pressure points to help relieve tension and knots as well. It’s also very portable, so it’s easy to take it with you when you need it.

Cervical traction can help relieve muscle spasms, increase blood flow to injured areas, relieve pain, and help reduce numbness and tingling in the arms.

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Cervical Traction Pillow Benefits:

00:00 – Cervical Traction Pillow Benefits
01:06 – The KANUDA Head Nap Cervical Traction Pillow
03:21 – Using a Cervical Traction Pillow

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PRODUCT PLACEMENT DISCLAIMER: This video contains paid product placement. Thank you to KANUDA for sponsoring this video and providing Doctor Jo with a free Head Nap Pillow to use.

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[galtxdw]

I hope a device like this would help cervicogenic headaches. I had a headache all Saturday, think it was triggered by strong candles & wall plug ins at a friends home. There 5 hours and, then by 5 am woke with headache. Turned into cervicogenic pain around right side, which has only
been occurring in last 18 months off and on.

[wr]

Thxs Dr. I have a hernia in my neck D4, D5. I don't know if this cervical pillow can help me?

[thinkingimpaired]

Have you featured a cervical traction pillow for sleeping in your videos? I sleep with a neck pillow every night, with a lumbar pillow and pillows under my knees. I ask because I'm in pain in all my limbs, neck and lumbar. I would like to find some substitutes from the pillows that I find to be too soft. I was curious why the cervical product that you feature is not recommended for sleep? The burning, tingling and pain that I experience is terrible. I'm tired of taking medication every day. Thank you

[valkyrie]

Is this okay with slipped disc (neck area)? I think I want to try it.

[thinkingimpaired]

I forgot to mention I have 2 cervical herniated disks and I lumbar herniated disk.

[lordstark]

Hello i have smoking issue i tried to quit but i couldn't and when i smoke there is slight buzz in left side of brain behind left ear is that any worry sign ?

[himanshujassal]

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[margaretflick]

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[ashfaqueahmed]

Hi I'm from India I need a suggestion to cure muscle pain and chest pain

[Ghost-gngi]

Can you do a video for meralgia paresthetica. Please

[sofiasousapires]

Hi! Are the pups dressed up for Halloween?

[ILoveSlippers]

If a cervical pillow for sleeping didn’t help, would this cervical relaxer be ok to use?
I believe a sutera pillow I recently bought to try gave me upper back and neck pain and bothered my allergies/asthma. So I stopped using it. Would this type of neck stretcher pillow make it worse?