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ArticleBioengineering (Basel, Switzerland)2026

Increased Cervical Disc Height and Decreased Neck Pain and Disability Following Improvement in Cervical Lordosis and Posture Using Chiropractic BioPhysics.

Evan A Katz, Seana B Katz, Sophie F Katz, Curtis A Fedorchuk, Cole G Fedorchuk, Douglas F Lightstone

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Evan A KatzPrivate Practice, Boulder, CO 80302, USA.ORCID 0000-0002-8124-4319
Seana B KatzPrivate Practice, Boulder, CO 80302, USA.
Sophie F KatzPrivate Practice, Boulder, CO 80302, USA.
Curtis A FedorchukInstitute for Spinal Health and Performance, Cumming, GA 30041, USA.ORCID 0000-0003-0699-5523
Cole G FedorchukInstitute for Spinal Health and Performance, Cumming, GA 30041, USA.ORCID 0009-0002-8903-4911
Douglas F LightstoneInstitute for Spinal Health and Performance, Cumming, GA 30041, USA.ORCID 0000-0002-3325-7246

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Abstract

BACKGROUND/

objectivesCervical degenerative disc disease (DDD) is associated with decreased disc height, spinal arthrosis, decreased spinal stability, neck pain (NP), and increased years living with disability and global disease burden.

methodsA total of 64 patients (19 males, 45 females) between 23 and 77 years (mean age of 49.05 ± 3.34 years) presented to a private practice with NP and disability. Pre-treatment radiographs revealed decreased cervical curvature (ARA C2-C7) measuring -6.18 ± 3.06° (ideal is -42.0°), anterior head translation (Tz C2-C7) measuring 22.03 ± 2.39 mm (ideal is 0 mm), anterior cervical disc height (ADH C2-C7) measuring 3.68 ± 0.20 mm, and posterior cervical disc height (PDH C2-C7) measuring 3.21 ± 0.15 mm. Pre-treatment NP numeric rating scale (NRS) scored 6.66 ± 0.27, and neck disability index (NDI) scored 40.28 ± 1.42%, indicating moderate disability due to NP. Patients were treated using Chiropractic BioPhysics

resultsPost-treatment radiographs revealed improvements in ARA C2-C7 to -19.95 ± 3.05°, Tz C2-C7 to 12.11 ± 2.34 mm, ADH C2-C7 to 5.19 ± 0.21 mm, and PDH C2-C7 to 4.36 ± 0.16 mm. Post-treatment patient-reported outcomes showed improvements in NP NRS to 1.52 ± 0.26 and NDI to 12.66 ± 0.96, indicating minimal NP and disability.

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anterior head posturecervical disc heightcervical lordosiscervical spinecervical spine morphologyChiropractic BioPhysicsdegenerative disc diseasedisc heightposturespine rehabilitation

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PMCPMC12938286

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