Physical Therapist for Neck Pain
Suffering from neck pain is not a joke. Neck pain contributes to other body parts pain including neck, head, arms, and stiffness around the neck. Due to the neck pain, you might not be able to sleep comfortably and also experience pain while working or using a mobile. The reason behind the pain can be using mobile for too long, working extra hours, and using technology. Once you have an entire picture of the symptoms, and functional limitations reach out to neck physical therapy support.
What is Neck Pain?
Also known as cervicalgia, neck pain is any soreness, stiffness, spasms, or other discomfort in the neck. Every two-thirds of the population has neck pain at some point. Neck pain is associated with headaches and sometimes in conjunction with shoulder pain.
- Muscle Strain: sitting with a laptop or mobile for a long time can cause pain and stiffness or decrease the motion of neck muscles.
- Age-Related Changes: With other joints in the body, the neck joint tends to get weak with age. As you age this can cause pain and stiffness or decreases in range of motion.
- Nerve Compression: A strained nerve in the neck can result in severe neck pain, numbness, and tingling in the neck, shoulders, and hands.
- Injuries: Injuries in the neck are also connected with neck pain. Traumatic injuries that cause sudden jerking of the head or neck can put a strain on muscles and connective tissues that cause pain.
Common Causes for Neck Pain
Neck pain can be the result of the following factors, including
- Poor posture: Sitting or standing with poor posture can cause strain to your neck muscles and this can result in pain, stiffness, and headaches. People who spend significant time in front of computers are particularly prone.
- Injuries: Neck pain can sometimes also occur due to sudden injury like a car accident. Neck injuries are also possible from simple falls.
- Degenerative conditions: As you age the space between your vertebrae decreases leading to pain, stiffness, and nerve involvement that can cause symptoms that potentially run down your arm and into your hands.
- Arthritis: Arthritis can also cause neck pain resulting in inflammation and damage to the joints in your neck.
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How to Relieve Neck Pain?
If you are suffering from neck pain, a few things can relieve your neck pain:
Let’s start with the simple knowledge. Our heads are heavy. To carry its weight we need a support system starting with our neck. The next support is shoulder so due to neck pain you might experience shoulder pain.
To identify the pain, our Physical Therapist Neck Pain includes a shoulder screen in your treatment because many of the muscles associated with the neck joints are part of our shoulder.
- Postural strengthening: Deep cervical muscle strengthening is a component of almost every physical therapy program for neck pain. Based on scientific evidence, neck pain, and headaches are frequently caused by weakness in these muscles.
- Stretching: Moderate stretches can help increase your neck’s range of motion and flexibility.
- Manual therapy: Applying pressure to trigger points and muscles to release them, restore range of motion, and lessen pain.
- Dry needling: The use of dry needling is strongly supported by scientific research. It is a form of treatment where tiny needles are inserted into predetermined body locations. Muscle tension-related headaches and neck pain can be effectively relieved with dry needling.
- Rest: Take a break from activities that worsen your neck, such as prolonged standing or sitting, as well as prolonged staring down at your computer or phone.
- Ice or heat: You can lessen pain and inflammation in your neck by applying ice or heat.
