The neck is the most delicate yet focal supportive part of a body as it creates a connection between the skull and backbone of your body; made up of vertebrae and extending from skull to torso. Neck has got muscles, bones and ligaments that support the movement of the head and connects the middle and lower body with the upper body and allow for motion. Therefore, it sustains much pressure and any type of abnormality or inflammation in the ligaments, muscles or tissues, or an accidental injury can negatively impact the movement of the neck resulting in pain and stiffness. The presence of cervical discs are for the purpose of absorbing shocks between the bones of the neck and any swelling or increased external pressure or fatigue on muscles can cause immobility or stiffness of the neck.
We at My Pain Clinic specialize in treating such pains emerging from the neck region and addressing the most commonly asked question of What a Pain in Neck? The level of stress these days causes pain in the neck that goes from being minor to severe and even calls for surgery in most severe cases when the vertebrae get relocated or the spinal nerves rupture. However, for minor, the most common causes of neck pain are:
- Sprains and strains cause stiffness of neck muscles and the tendons supporting the bones get swollen and irritated.
- Extensive twisting and bending of the neck can also strain the neck muscles and cramps are reported that are again muscle tightness.
- People doing weight lifting exercises, or laborers lifting weights on neck and shoulders also complain the same neck in pain issues.
- A sudden wave of external shock or neck rotation in odd angles or wrong sleeping posture can also cause the onset of pain in the neck.
My Pain Clinic specializes in treating neck pains via non-surgical methods that are assumed to be more methodological, economical and safe for the human body with effective, long lasting and reliable results. Some of the simple remedies that we suggest to our neck pain patients are:
- Applying heat or ice directly to the painful area packed in rubber bags or through a mild warm or cold cloth can ease the stiffness of neck and reduce neck pain. Repetition of this method twice daily can give you great effective results in lesser time without any medication.
- Oral medications including pain relievers such as ibuprofen or acetaminophen can also help in reducing pain and relaxing the neck muscles, sometimes anxiety, higher levels of thyroid hormone and depression can also cause neck pain and for that taking sleeping pills or muscle relaxants can help in pain relief.
- Neck exercises allow you to keep moving the neck however also restricts you in getting jerks avoiding other painful activities.
- Doing physiological exercises as taught by our trainers about slow range-of-motion exercises, up and down, side to side, and from ear to ear.