Neck Pain
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When our necks are pain-free, we often take them for granted. But when we begin to experience frequent pain, dull aching, or just tightness in our necks, it can dramatically affect our quality of life.
Neck pain is a common medical condition that can be caused by any number of injuries, diseases, or even lifestyle choices. While neck pain can be frustrating at best and debilitating at worst, there are treatment options available to you that can help to cure or manage this pain. At Scott Family Health, our team of experienced chiropractors, massage therapists, and physical therapists can help you address your neck pain and improve your quality of life.
Do You Know The Signs Of Neck Pain?
Stiffness: You might have difficulty in moving your neck, especially when turning it from side to side.
Stabbing pain: This is often localized to one spot in your neck. This is a sharp pain that’s often experienced in the lower neck.
Ambient soreness: Your neck might just feel generally tender and achy.
Difficulty lifting things: Neck pain could cause numbness in your extremities, making it difficult to lift objects.
Frequent headaches: When your neck is irritated, the muscles and nerves connected to your head can also be affected, leading to headaches.
Neck Pain At A Glance
Neck pain is a common condition that affects many individuals. Sometimes the cause is known, like a trauma (such as a car accident), and sometimes the symptoms progress over time.
Neck pain is a condition that can be ongoing or short-lived. Many patients seek neck pain when the pain is severe or there are other associated symptoms with neck pain, like headaches or numbness or tingling in the arms or hands. Neck pain may be multifaceted due to the complex nature of the neck (or cervical) region. Pain and stiffness may occur from muscular and ligamentous injury or more serious causes like boney pathologies or intervertebral disc injuries.
The Loveland chiropractors at Scott Family Health can help you determine what is causing your pain, and the best steps to provide neck pain relief.
Treatment may vary depending on the neck pain causes you’ve been diagnosed with. Treatment may include chiropractic care, acupuncture, physical therapy, and massage therapy. X-rays or other diagnostic tests may be necessary to determine the best care for your condition.
Where Neck Pain Begins
You’re never aware of the weight of your own head until you are experiencing neck pain. Neck pain can stem from any number of sources. Your neck is vulnerable to overuse, injury, and disease. Some of the most common causes of neck pain we see in our patients include:
- Muscle strain. Modern living and work have many people seated at a desk all day. Poor posture while working on a computer or a smartphone can lead to muscle strain. Even more innocuous things, like reading for too long, or clenching your jaw, can cause the muscles in your neck to become strained and sore.
- Disease. In some major illnesses like cancer, meningitis, or rheumatoid arthritis, neck pain is often one of the symptoms.
- Compression of the nerves. A herniated disk or bone spurs in your neck vertebrae press on the nerves in your spinal cord, causing pain.
- Injury. Whether it’s from sports, car accidents, or even a hard fall, neck injuries can damage the soft tissues in the neck, leading to a host of complications.
- Wear and tear on joints. Just like the rest of the joints in your body, the joints in your neck can wear with age and use. To compensate for this wear and tear, your body forms spurs on your neck joints that can cause pain and discomfort.