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    Sugar Free

    May 27, 2022 4 minutes
    By JEANETTE LEVELLIE, Paris, Illinois

    My husband, Kevin, handed me a bowl of my favorite ice cream, raspberry with dark chocolate chunks. “Just set it on the TV tray, honey,” I told him. “I can’t eat while I have this traction collar on.” I hated putting on that contraption every night, but my chiropractor said it would help ease my chronic neck pain. How aggravating that I was still having sharp pain and numbness from a car accident injury more than 40 years ago! Would I always need the heat packs and neckstretching exercises for relief?

    I longed for a more permanent solution, especially since I had committed

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