There are many different causes of neck pain; however the problems key components usually involve the joints of the neck, muscles, intervertebral discs, nerve roots or some combination of these components. Therefore, pinpointing the reason your neck hurts can sometimes involve a wide range of testing and encompass many different treatment techniques.
Depending on the mechanical cause of your issue, the doctor may choose to use spinal decompression, active release soft tissue therapy, spinal manipulation, specific exercises, co-management, referral or a combination of all if these if needed to get you feeling better.
The length of time that a person has had the problem can be a factor; however this doesn’t mean that a long standing neck issue is always hard to treat or that it takes a long time to see results.
There are many different causes of neck pain; however the problems key components usually involve the joints of the neck, muscles, intervertebral discs, nerve roots or some combination of these components. Therefore, pinpointing the reason your neck hurts can sometimes involve a wide range of testing and encompass many different treatment techniques.
Some of the more common causes are muscle strain/sprain and degeneration. Less common in the cervical spine is disc herniation and severe degeneration. Muscle strains and joint sprains tend to irritate nerves in the neck which can cause tingling or burning pain referred into the neck or shoulders and occasionally down into the arms and fingers as well as short term multi direcional loss of range of motion due to muscle spasm. Herniation and severe degeneration of the cervical spine tends to cause weakness, numbness, and decreased reflexes into the extremities as well as sharp pain and long term loss of range of motion.
Depending on the mechanical cause of your issue, the doctor may choose to use spinal decompression, active release soft tissue therapy, spinal manipulation, specific exercises, co-management, referral or a combination of all if these if needed to get you feeling better.
The length of time that a person has had the problem can be a factor; however this doesn’t mean that a long standing neck issue is always hard to treat or that it takes a long time to see results.
