By Mark Gibbons
Most neck pain from cycling is muscle
stiffness or soreness from sitting in an awkward position for a long period of
time.
When you ride a road-bike, your head is normally
tipped upward, which will aggravate arthritis in the neck, even form pinched
nerves, and also contribute to spinal stenosis.
A more serious condition is referred to as
“Shermer’s Neck,” in which the neck muscles fail from fatigue and can no longer
support the head. This condition is not gradual either: after feeling the first
symptoms, the neck usually stops functioning within two hours, or so. This is
scary! Just ask many of the professional cyclists on the Tour de France over
the years, which have experienced this first-hand and why so many of them have
ended up at the end of the pack, or have dropped out of the race early.
However, several years ago in Kingston,
ON, a cyclist discovered a product that reduced or even eliminated the effects
of “Shermer’s Neck.” Today, other cyclists are now utilizing this new
technology that reduces forward head posture, making the sport more enjoyable.
This simple device is placed over your
lower teeth and which relaxes the muscles of your face, balancing your bite and
temporomandibular joints (TMJ). The end result: a cyclist’s neck would
therefore be set in a favorable position, reducing or eliminating neck pain
altogether.
So, what is the mechanism behind this
product?
It’s a performance mouthpiece, and it sets
the lower jaw in position, which aligns your body and reduces forward head
posture. One of the variables or causes of neck pain is normally caused by poor
posture and the performance mouthpiece serves as an effective solution for
cyclists. That’s right – no more pain and lots more gain!
Who would ever have thought that a simple
accessory offered by New Age Performance Inc. could be so revolutionary in
cycling? This is why so many amateur and professional cyclists are now demanding
that the performance mouthpieces developed by New Age should be just as
mandatory as helmets are during training and races.
When you utilize performance mouthware,
you will have less post-op-soreness and you will be able to continue biking
with ease, even the very next day.
Many people think that a performance
mouthpiece is just like a traditional mouthguard. However, this is not the case
at all. Regular mouthguards sold in box-stores and sports-stores at cheap
prices only serve to protect your teeth, while performance mouthpieces actually
align your body, improving your overall balance, strength, agility and range of
motion.
Over the years many athletes have scoffed
at the theory behind performance mouthpieces. But once they try them, they are
sold on the concept right away!
This is why scores of cyclists around the
world are now biting on new technology developed by New Age Performance Inc.
The performance mouthpieces work and they actually free the body of neck pain,
even back pain too.
If you want to be road-ready on your next
adventure or big race across the city or countryside, then get your hands on
new performance mouthware technology that will make you a winner.
It's is really a great invention of Kingston. The mechanism how it's work is also interesting. I think we should must use it during cycling for neck pain.
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