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Patients come to PEAK Performance and Posture in Sonoma after months or years of neck pain; after adjustments, physical therapy, and medication that haven't held. Dr. Hodgson uses Chiropractic BioPhysics® to find the structural cervical misalignment driving that pain, and to correct it with precision, producing measurable, lasting results that temporary treatments cannot deliver.
Chronic neck pain that keeps returning, despite adjustments, stretching, or physical therapy, almost always has a structural cervical spine cause that standard treatment hasn't corrected. At PEAK Performance and Posture in Sonoma, Dr. Hodgson uses Chiropractic BioPhysics® (CBP®) to identify and correct the exact cervical structural misalignments driving your pain, producing measurable, x-ray-verified improvement rather than temporary symptom relief.
What is Chiropractic BioPhysics® (CBP®): CBP is the most extensively researched chiropractic technique in the field, with over 300 peer-reviewed studies published in indexed medical journals. It uses precise spinal analysis, mirror-image adjustments, and corrective traction to restore the cervical spine toward its ideal structural alignment with results documented on x-ray before and after treatment so you can see the actual structural changes your spine is making.
- Recurring neck pain is almost always driven by an underlying structural cervical misalignment that standard chiropractic adjustments do not systematically correct.
- PEAK Performance and Posture is the only CBP-certified practice in Sonoma, Glen Ellen, Santa Rosa, Petaluma, Napa, and the surrounding region making it the area's only structural cervical correction specialist.
- Dr. Hodgson evaluates every neck pain patient with a comprehensive structural assessment including postural analysis and cervical x-rays before designing a corrective care plan.
- CBP treatment for neck pain includes mirror-image adjustments and corrective traction designed to restore the natural cervical lordosis and reduce abnormal disc and nerve stress.
- Structural results are documented on comparative x-rays — giving you objective evidence of real cervical improvement over the course of your care plan.
The most common reason neck pain returns after chiropractic or physical therapy is that the structural cause has not been addressed. Most standard neck treatments — adjustments, massage, exercises — work at the level of muscles, joint mobility, and pain signals. They do not systematically correct the shape of the cervical spine itself.
The cervical spine has a natural inward curve called cervical lordosis. When measured on x-ray, this curve typically measures 40–45 degrees in a structurally healthy neck. When the curve is reduced or straightened (a condition known as cervical hypolordosis), or reversed (a condition known as cervical kyphosis), the mechanical load on the cervical discs, joints, and nerve roots shifts dramatically. Discs compress unevenly. Nerve roots are irritated at their exit points. Muscles must work constantly to hold the head upright against an abnormal load. The result is the chronic, recurring neck pain that so many people in Sonoma, Glen Ellen, and across Sonoma Valley experience without resolution.
CBP® is built to identify and correct exactly this problem.
At PEAK Performance & Posture, every neck pain patient begins with a full structural assessment. Dr. H uses postural analysis and cervical x-rays to measure the actual curvature of your neck against the evidence-based Harrison ideal — the CBP research standard for optimal cervical alignment. This gives us a precise picture of what has shifted, by how much, and what it will take to correct it.
Your personalized CBP corrective care plan may include:
- Mirror-image adjustments targeting your specific cervical misalignment pattern
- Corrective cervical traction calibrated to restore your natural lordotic curve
- Home rehabilitation exercises to reinforce cervical structural progress
- Progress x-rays to document measurable changes in cervical alignment over time
This is not a routine adjustment protocol. It is precision structural correction designed around your individual x-ray findings.
Many of the neck pain patients we see at PEAK — from Boyes Hot Springs, El Verano, Eldridge, and Rohnert Park to Cotati, Petaluma, and beyond — arrive with significant forward head posture. This is the condition in which the head sits forward of its optimal position over the shoulders, adding up to 10 pounds of effective load to the cervical spine for every inch of anterior displacement.
Forward head posture is both a consequence and a driver of cervical lordosis loss — and it is one of the most correctable structural problems CBP addresses.
Recurring neck pain after standard chiropractic means the structural problem hasn't changed — only the symptoms have been temporarily reduced. CBP® at PEAK goes beyond symptom management to correct the cervical curve deviation driving the pain. Progress is tracked on x-ray, so you can see the structural changes accumulating over time rather than just hoping the relief lasts.
Yes. Arm numbness, tingling, and weakness associated with neck pain are typically caused by nerve root compression at specific cervical levels — a direct consequence of structural misalignment or disc changes in the cervical spine. CBP-based correction at PEAK Performance & Posture addresses the spinal geometry causing that compression, which in many cases reduces or resolves the associated arm and hand symptoms as alignment improves.
Yes. We serve neck pain patients from across the region — Sonoma, Glen Ellen, Santa Rosa, Petaluma, Rohnert Park, Cotati, Napa, American Canyon, Yountville, St. Helena, and surrounding communities. PEAK Performance and Posture is the only CBP-certified cervical correction practice in the region. Many patients drive 20–40 minutes specifically because this level of structural care is not available closer to home.
Yes. PEAK offers a complimentary consultation for new neck pain patients. During your visit, Dr. H will discuss your history, perform an initial assessment, and explain whether CBP-based structural correction is the right path for your situation — with no obligation to proceed beyond that conversation.
If chronic neck pain has been limiting you — whether you're in Sonoma, Santa Rosa, Petaluma, Napa, or anywhere in the North Bay — you deserve a structural evaluation that finds out what is actually driving it. At PEAK Performance and Posture, we have the methodology, the technology, and the clinical precision to give you real answers and a clear, evidence-backed path forward.
Book your free consultation today — call 707-913-9691 or visit us at 991 Broadway, Sonoma CA 95476. Learn more about our structural approach at peaksonoma.com. We serve Sonoma, Santa Rosa, Petaluma, Napa, and surrounding areas — and we're ready to help you stop managing neck pain and start correcting it.
