Like many people, I suffered severe neck and upper back pain due to an automobile accident years ago. The pain was relentless and I even began to alter my upright position to a sort of curved stance. Sudden accidents (such as those occuring in cars) can be life changing due to the onset of pain that won't seem to subside.
As far as amount of pain involved it was very diverse among my friends and clients.
Prolonged strain on the neck, sleeping in an awkward position and long hours before computer's can cause the pain. Common causes are injury or trauma to the neck (e.g., whiplash) disc and/or nerve problems within the neck and arthritis.
Neck pain can be acute - sudden and painful and/or chronic - lasting for more than three months, depending on the cause (fibromyalgia is one of the more common causes). Sometimes there is no definitive diagnosis.
Pain has been described by sufferers as including one or more of the following: muscle stiffness, soreness, stiff to the touch, acute pain strong enough to force the neck to turn to one side (torticollis), pain in the base of the skull, one or both-sided headaches, pain radiating down the back and/or arms, tingling arms and/or fingers and general weakness in the neck and/or arms.
Neck pain is found in women more than men
While most type of neck pain is more discomforting and disappears within a day or two, there are rare but potentially life-threatening situations when neck pain is a symptom of something larger.
Meningitis is an inflammation of the brain and spinal cord who's causes can be both viral (most common but not as devastating) and bacterial (less common but an extremely life-threatening disease).
lookout for a sudden rash development, fever, pain in bending the neck, nausea, vomiting, sensitivity to light and severe back pain in addition to neck pain.
Head T\trauma can also cause neck pain. And other most common symptoms are supposed to be headache, nausea, vomiting, loss or complications in vision, hearing or balance, pain localized behind one eye and weakness in arm and/or leg muscles.
What can one do to avoid neck pain? For pain not caused by serious neck injury or illness, it's important to try to go about your daily routine as much as possible. That is of course, unless your daily repetitive routine is the cause. It might be time to consider an ergonomic solution.
If you are given a neck collar, try not to use it more than a few days, as this will further weaken the neck muscles. This of course leads to exercise - daily exercise will help to improve fitness and that includes the neck muscles.
My Neck Pain Relief program addresses this in an all natural way. It's coming very soon and I hope you'll give these exercises a chance - as I did and realize there is in fact an end to such a pain in the neck!. An important thing to understand about pain such as this is that all the muscles around your neck, back and head are connected together. It is extremely important not to ignore those muscles.
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As far as amount of pain involved it was very diverse among my friends and clients.
Prolonged strain on the neck, sleeping in an awkward position and long hours before computer's can cause the pain. Common causes are injury or trauma to the neck (e.g., whiplash) disc and/or nerve problems within the neck and arthritis.
Neck pain can be acute - sudden and painful and/or chronic - lasting for more than three months, depending on the cause (fibromyalgia is one of the more common causes). Sometimes there is no definitive diagnosis.
Pain has been described by sufferers as including one or more of the following: muscle stiffness, soreness, stiff to the touch, acute pain strong enough to force the neck to turn to one side (torticollis), pain in the base of the skull, one or both-sided headaches, pain radiating down the back and/or arms, tingling arms and/or fingers and general weakness in the neck and/or arms.
Neck pain is found in women more than men
While most type of neck pain is more discomforting and disappears within a day or two, there are rare but potentially life-threatening situations when neck pain is a symptom of something larger.
Meningitis is an inflammation of the brain and spinal cord who's causes can be both viral (most common but not as devastating) and bacterial (less common but an extremely life-threatening disease).
lookout for a sudden rash development, fever, pain in bending the neck, nausea, vomiting, sensitivity to light and severe back pain in addition to neck pain.
Head T\trauma can also cause neck pain. And other most common symptoms are supposed to be headache, nausea, vomiting, loss or complications in vision, hearing or balance, pain localized behind one eye and weakness in arm and/or leg muscles.
What can one do to avoid neck pain? For pain not caused by serious neck injury or illness, it's important to try to go about your daily routine as much as possible. That is of course, unless your daily repetitive routine is the cause. It might be time to consider an ergonomic solution.
If you are given a neck collar, try not to use it more than a few days, as this will further weaken the neck muscles. This of course leads to exercise - daily exercise will help to improve fitness and that includes the neck muscles.
My Neck Pain Relief program addresses this in an all natural way. It's coming very soon and I hope you'll give these exercises a chance - as I did and realize there is in fact an end to such a pain in the neck!. An important thing to understand about pain such as this is that all the muscles around your neck, back and head are connected together. It is extremely important not to ignore those muscles.
EL331014
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