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neck pain

What is
Neck pain

More commonly known as neck pain, cervical pain is defined as pain localized to the nape of the neck. Often accompanied by headaches, dizziness and pain in the shoulders or arms.

Neck pain is a symptom that can affect all age groups.

However, people who spend long hours in front of a computer screen, or those who drive all day, are at greater risk of developing neck pain.

Pain usually disappears within 1 or 2 weeks, and almost all sufferers are pain-free after 8 weeks.

What are the symptoms of neck pain?

Difficulty moving the head,

A headache.

Stiffness in the back of the neck, which consists of cervical vertebrae and muscles

Spasms

If your pain persists or spreads elsewhere

The causes

neck pain

There are many causes of neck pain. Most of them have to do with wear and tear on the mechanical structures of the neck with age, or in people who put excessive strain on their neck or arm.

We can mention :

  • muscular fatigue,
  • osteoarthritis,
  • Nerve compression

and less frequently : 

  • rheumatoid arthritis,
  • meningitis,
  • infections.

Some examples of neck pain

Cervicarthrosis

This is cervical osteoarthritis. It is a chronic condition characterized by the degradation of the cartilage of the neck joints. It is frequent and affects mostly women from 35 years old.

 

The symptoms can be summarized as pain:

  • at the nape of the neck, back of the head and forehead,
  • shoulders and arms,
  • upper back,

 

Torticollis

Neck pain is sharp and sudden in onset. Torticollis is most often due to a contracture of the sternocleidomastoid muscle, caused by trauma or inflammation.

 

The torticollis The sudden onset of contracture and pain prevents most neck movements. The condition usually lasts only a few days.

In consultation

Your chiropractor may suggest an X-ray to determine whether the cervical spine is curved without disco-vertebral lesions.

The treatment

It involves taking painkillers or anti-inflammatories. In all cases, a chirorax session will do you a world of good.

Cervical adjustment

efficient, safe treatment

The treatments

severe lumbar sprain

Prognosis of neck pain

Your chiropractor will ask you specific questions to determine the causes. neck pain and find out if it spreads to other areas of the body, or is aggravated by fatigue or other symptoms.

The proposed treatment may be:

painkillers
corticosteroid injections
surgery
neck strengthening sessions

Cervical adjustment

The chiropractic treatment used to treat these people - cervical adjustment - is effective, safe and based on a thorough understanding of current scientific research. 

Thanks to a technique called "cervical adjustment" or "manipulation cervical "The chiropractor can help you reduce your pain. 

This technique, which consists of precise manipulation of the cervical region, is a specialty of the chiropractor. 

Its function is to restore range of motion and promote mobility of adjacent muscles.

It relieves pain, discomfort and disability. The treatment also has the beneficial effect of improving the strength of your neck, thus avoiding possible relapses.

WARNING !

If you experience these symptoms see your chiropractor.

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