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Neck Pain

Neck Pain Problem

Pain and impairment of the neck is common. It is estimated that 22% – 70% of populations will have neck pain sometimes in their lives. In addition, it has been suggested that the incidence of neck pain is increasing.

Neck pain usually goes away within a few days or weeks, but pain that persists for months could signal an underlying medical cause that needs to be addressed. In some cases, early intervention may be necessary for the best results. Neck pain eventually reported poor quality of life, low work quality and causing disturbance in sleep.

Sign and Symptoms of Neck Pain

Signs and symptoms include:

  • Pain that’s often worsened by holding your head in one place for long periods, such as when driving or working at a computer
  • Muscle tightness and spasms
  • Decreased ability to move your head
  • Headache
  • Numbness up to arm and hand
  • Soreness at neck area
  • Sharp pain on neck movement

Causes Of Neck Pain

Many things can cause your neck to hurt:

  • Poor posture
  • Repetitive motion
  • Bad sleep habits
  • Carrying a heavy shoulder bag or purse
  • Pinched nerves
  • Sports or other injuries
  • Car accidents involving whiplash
  • A fractured or collapsed vertebra, which can be related to osteoporosis
  • A slipped (herniated) disk

Risk Of Having Neck Pain

The prevalence of neck pain in sedentary working status especially office worker is very high due to their quality of work lifestyle and non-ergonomic workstation setting.

  • Elongated working hours at computer
  • Prolonged in sitting or standing position
  • Static posture
  • Older age
  • Longer employment (for office workers)
  • Previous neck problem

How Physiotherapist Can Help

A physiotherapist can help you by:

  • Reduce the pain using pain management protocol
  • Teach on how to correct posture, and alignment of body
  • Teach for neck-strengthening exercises, mobility neck exercise and stretching neck exercise
  • Dry needling to help relax the muscles strain
  • Modalities to assist in pain management

Modification To Prevent From Neck Pain

  • Adjust the level of computer at workplace to eye level
  • Use neck resting pillow at workplace
  • Use proper pillow during sleeping , make sure neck in neutral position
  • Practise a correct posture during sitting or standing
  • Take a break every one hour to rest the body, neck and eyes from computer screen and for muscle relaxation.

Frequently Ask Questions

Low blood pressure symptoms can cause dizziness, headache, neck stiffness, faint, pale skin and body fatigue. But neck pain is not necessarily indicate low blood pressure, high blood pressure can have the same headache, dizziness and neck pain. If the pain persist and causing severe complication, you should seek for medical advice as soon as possible.

Massage basically reduce the muscle spasm and gives muscle relaxation. Massage reduces the muscle tension as we used it daily. It is a good reliever for those with neck pain. Muscle become more relax and less pulling and tightness when we do neck movements.

People often confused when to use hot or ice as many therapist will consult on these two. Which should you use? It depends on your situation. Recommendation to use ice for the first 24 to 48 hours after injury or pain present, in order to reduce inflammation and swelling. Followed by heat therapy afterward to loosen the muscle and improve tightness.

Neck strain or overstretched usually gives more sensation at the back of neck and nearby region such as the head, upper back and shoulder. A dull pain may persist and potentially affect your sleep and work concentration.

There are two condition for neck pain category which are acute and chronic. Acute pain usually diminished within one to two weeks but it can re-occur in certain situations, for example after working or intensive sport. Chronic neck pain is considered to be 3 months and above.

Rarely, neck pain can be a symptom of a more serious problem. Seek medical care if your neck pain is accompanied by numbness or loss of strength in your arms or hands or if you have shooting pain into your shoulder or down your arm.

The best sleeping positions for the neck are on your back or your side. The back in particular is recommended; just make sure to use a pillow that supports the curvature of your neck and a flatter pillow to cushion your head.

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