Friday, December 18, 2009

My Neck Pain is a Real Pain in the Neck!

By Christian Goodman

Like most people on earth I too suffered from neck pain due to a car accident. The pain was unbearable that it made me to alter my position into a curved stance. Sudden and nasty accidents always have the habit of life changing due to pain it cause without any substitute.

I know my friends and relative who are suffering from neck pain. But their amount of pain, symptom and causes of pain vary diversely. Not all neck pains were same.

Common causes are injury or trauma to the neck (e.g., whiplash) disc and/or nerve problems within the neck and arthritis. Triggers can include stress, sleeping in an awkward position and prolonged strain on the neck as with sitting at one's computer for too long, etc.

Fibromyalgia is one of the more common causes of neck lasting for months. Sometimes neck pain can be sharp and painful. Rarely it gets very difficult to diagnosed.

Sufferer's express pain in the following ways Soreness, stiffness in muscle sharp pain to even 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.

Women tend to report neck pain more than men.

Most of the time neck pain tend to disappear within a day or two. Sometimes there are rare and life threatening periods when something larger is associated with the neck pain.

One such condition is meningitis. This 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).

Apart from nick pain and stiffness you should also look for rashes, pain while bending the neck, vomiting sensation and sharp back pain.

Headache, nausea, vomiting, loss or complications in vision, hearing or balance, pain localized behind one eye and weakness in arm and/or leg muscles. These are the other symptoms you should look for. Head trauma can also cause neck pain.

If it's not a serious illness or injury in neck the you should continue your daily routine. You should keep in mind that your daily routine should not be the cause of neck pain. In that case it is better to go for an ergonomic solution. These are the best ways to avoid neck pain.

Only daily neck exercises will help you to strengthen neck muscles in the long term. Neck collar will simply weaken the muscles in neck. When you are provided with a neck collar, please only use it for few days.

As all the muscles around neck, back and head are interconnected it is highly risky to weaken those muscles. An alternative way is to use my all natural neck pain relief program. I'm launching it soon and i sincerely hope you follow these exercises as i did. And I'm very sure you will be relieved from your neck pain.

EL331014

About the Author: