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None of this would be anything I would classify as "physiological variant of normal", because it's not. You should not have these changes at the age of 35, even if you BROKE your neck in high school.
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I would have to
respectfully disagree with this point. Bryanc, don't take this the wrong way. I think this is a great opportunity to share our viewpoints in relation to Maxx's condition. I do respect your input and I hope there's nothing I could say that would make you think otherwise.
Maxx,this is just my thought process and a lot is speculative b/c I didn't take a detailed history and I didn't physically examine you.
Make sure you get evaluate by someone thoroughly.
Maxx, given your history of what appears to be significant trauma to your cervical spine in high school, you've already begun the acceleration in the degenerative process; your cervical spine is compensating to maintain proper alignment (by the way, how tall are you Maxx?). You're basically trying to balance a bowling ball with muscles that don't know how anymore (that's revealed by your constant "pulled muscles in the neck" report). If you kept on playing, I would imagine continued contact with your "unbalanced" head. Weight training in the presence of dysfunction promotes more compensation. As far as lumbar spine, a rotation (which accompanies a tilt) is more common than uncommon as well as sacral and pelvic orientation changes. Repeated contact in football may cause forced hyperextension (trauma=compensatory changes)...weight-training with compensatory changes as I mentioned earlier promotes more compensation. I think you'd go a long way with a lot of soft tissue work and corrective exercises. It's smart of your chiro not to manip with all that's structurally going on, but also, it won't resolve the neuromuscular component. Just my 2 cents.