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:    • 3 Exercises to Alleviate Arm Nerve Pain  

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Lumbar DDD Video:    • Degenerative Disc Disease Exercises (...  

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