Whether you are suffering from tension in the neck or have a history of arthritis, the Y Strap helps.
Like anything else, it depends on who’s using it and for what exact purpose. Is it to gain viewers on Tic-Toc or other social medial platforms? or is it to operate effectively as any traction device and end with manipulation under guided control by an experienced Chiropractor that can make you or break you?
The angle of the neck is of utmost importance during any neck traction device. With the result of a “Y” strap session being a forceful pull, the angle of your neck becomes even more critical. Typically, 15 degrees of forward flexion will place the mechanical advantage of the force somewhere between the C5 and C6 vertebrae, the most active and most susceptible area of the neck to arthritis. A Y strap adjustment that pulls the neck into extension is very dangerous. An extension for those non-Chiros out there is the position of looking up toward the sky. Avoid extension of your neck during a “Y” Strap manipulation, and you will be generally okay. That’s just part of it. There is so much more than an experienced Chiropractor must consider before deploying a force like the “Y” Strap is capable of.