NECK PAIN RELIEF
Neck Pain
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Among all musculoskeletal disorders, low back pain (ranked first) and neck pain (ranked fourth) are the most common worldwide. Neck pain can interfere with your daily tasks because the neck plays an important role in day-to-day activities. Dealing with neck pain by yourself is very challenging and often unproductive. you need to understand the root cause of your neck condition to effectively manage it.
At Cogent Physical Rehabilitation Center, our physiotherapists will help you identify the cause of your neck pain and support you in regaining near normal and pain free movements and function. ​If you are looking for neck pain relief near Burlington, know that our physiotherapy clinic is dedicated to helping you find land-lasting results with evidence-based treatments. REQUEST AN APPOINTMENT with Cogent Physical Rehabilitation Center today to get started on the journey to recovery!
WHY DOES MY NECK HURT?
The neck has a significant amount of motion and supports the weight of the head. However, because it is less protected than the rest of the spine, the neck can be vulnerable to injury and disorders that produce pain and restrict motion. For many people, neck pain is fortunately a temporary condition that disappears with time. Others need medical diagnosis and treatment to obtain relief from their symptoms including:
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Pain that's often worsened by holding the head in one place for long periods, such as when driving or working at a computer
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Muscle tightness and spasms
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Decreased ability to move the head
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Headache
Ageing
Physical Strain
Mental Stress
Injury
As we age, natural wear and tear can cause parts of your cervical spine (neck) to deteriorate, or degenerate, causing pain. Degenerative conditions such as osteoarthritis (the wearing down of joint cartilage) and spinal stenosis (narrowing of the spaces in your spine) can lead to neck pain. Over time, stress and repeated movements can cause the disks in your spine to weaken, causing a herniated disk or pinched nerve.
Overusing your neck muscles during repetitive or strenuous activities can lead to stiffness and pain. Poor posture, weak abdominal muscles and heavier body weight can affect your spine’s alignment and contribute to neck pain. For example, straining your neck to view a computer screen for long periods is a common cause of neck pain.
Tightening your neck muscles because you’re stressed can lead to neck pain and stiffness. Many people who tighten these muscles when they’re stressed or agitated don’t realize they do it until their neck starts hurting.
Trauma and other injuries can damage muscles, ligaments, disks, vertebral joints and nerve roots in your spinal cord and lead to neck pain. Whiplash during automobile accidents is a very common injury that causes neck pain.
How Can Physiotherapy Help Me With My Neck Pain?
Neck pain is reported to be the second most common musculoskeletal disorder that leads to disability and injury claims. As much as 50% to 75% of individuals have neck and/or shoulder pain at least once in their life. Within a 12-month period, the frequency of neck pain ranges from 12% to 72% in the general population and from 27% to 50% in workers. The strongest risk factors to develop a first episode of neck pain include high muscular tension, depressed mood, role conflict, and high job demand. ​​
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Neck pain may result from abnormalities in the soft tissues — the muscles, ligaments, and nerves — as well as in bones and disks of the spine. The most common causes of neck pain are soft-tissue (muscle and ligament) abnormalities due to injury (a strain or sprain) or prolonged wear and tear (commonly known as arthritis). In rare instances, infection or tumors may cause neck pain. In some people, neck problems may be the source of pain in the upper back, shoulders, or arms.​ Most people with neck pain do not experience a complete resolution of symptoms, with between 50% and 85% of those who experience neck pain reporting neck pain again 1 to 5 years later.​​​​​
The majority of neck pain guidelines on diagnosis and treatment of patients with neck pain recommend a combination of manual therapy, exercise and education as the preferred evidence-based treatments through physiotherapy.
Education
The patient educational interventions that are recommended by the guidelines includes reassuring patients that the pain is not a serious condition; providing information on pain and prognosis, including information that imaging is not recommended; advise on staying active; and education about about self-care, exercises and (stress) coping skills.
Exercise
Physical exercises vary widely from general land-based or aquatic exercise to neck-specific endurance, strength, stretching or stability exercises. When exercise was compared with no treatment or placebo, or evaluated as an additional treatment for neck pain, strength, endurance, motor control and stabilizing exercises were beneficial in chronic neck pain, cervicogenic headaches and cervical radiculopathy.
Manual Therapy
Manual therapy consists of various techniques, including mobilizations and manipulations. Research shows that cervical (neck) and thoracic (upper back) mobilizations and manipulations applied by physiotherapists are gentle and are beneficial in patients with neck pain. Physiotherapists also help to release tight muscles of the neck which further frees up movement in painful areas of the neck.
REQUEST AN APPOINTMENT IN BURLINGTON TODAY
You may be living your day-to-day life with severe neck pain, thinking it is something you have to live with, but it does not have to be that way. Cogent Physical Rehabilitation Centerwill help you get started on the road toward long-term neck pain relief.
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Physical exercises vary widely from general land-based or aquatic exercise to neck-specific endurance, strength, stretching or McKenzie exercises. When exercise was compared with no treatment or placebo, or evaluated as an additional treatment for neck pain, strength, endurance, motor control and stabilizing exercises were beneficial in chronic neck pain, cervicogenic headaches and cervical radiculopathy.