4 Exercises for Cervical Degenerative Disc Disease

Today's video covers exercises for cervical degenerative disc disease. Degenerative disc disease (DDD) describes a condition in which the discs in our spine (intervertebral discs) lose height and hydration as we age. As the discs degenerate, some of their ability to cushion against force and provide mobility to the spinal joints is lost. Even though this condition is labeled as a 'disease', it is actually something that is normal and associated with the aging process. Furthermore, many people who have signs of DDD have no neck pain. In individuals who do experience symptoms, pain may be isolated to the neck region or may cause that travels down one or both arms (radiculopathy). If you have pain that travels down one or both arms, I would recommend trying the exercises in this video and also adding the nerve mobilization exercises from my video on that topic. Here is a link for that video: https://youtu.be/DEWZjTX7nu8?si=VwrsPB3KdedU7i39 Book Link: https://a.co/d/hZR1sLz Peanut Massage Tool Link: https://amzn.to/3JvBSBy Theraband Link: https://amzn.to/3WdynHI Lumbar DDD Video: https://youtu.be/Ho01Wd1u2kA 00:00 Introduction 00:28 What is DDD? 02:02 Exercise 1: Neck Extensor Mobilization 04:01 Exercise 2: Mobility 05:28 Exercise 3: Median Nerve Mobilization 06:55 My Self-Guided Rehab Book 07:51 Exercise 4: Banded Cervical Retraction