Neck Pain
Causes of Neck Pain
Neck pain can be caused by the long-term effect of poor posture from bending, repetitive lifting or manual work. Contributing factors may include a poor working or sleeping position, repetitive lifting, manual labour, whiplash injury or prolonged, and incorrect posture.
Losing the proper movement in the joints of your neck may interfere with the healthy working of the nerves that run through it causing irritation to these nerves. This can in turn, lead to pain where the nerves end – referred pain.
Treatment of Neck Pain
- We use a wide range of gentle manipulations depending on your age, fitness and diagnosis to reduce muscular tension in the neck and improve movement in the joints of the neck and upper back. We may gently massage the soft tissues or rhythmically “rock” the joints to release tension and sometimes we may gently manipulate the neck to move the joints and you may hear a “click”.
- Treatment is different in every individual and sometimes it might involve treating other areas in the back and shoulders as well as the neck.
- We may offer advice on your posture at work or in the car and give advice on exercise and stretching to help keep your neck and upper back muscles and joints relaxed.
- X-rays, scans and other tests are sometimes required to make a diagnosis and your osteopath may refer to your GP or a specialist for any additional investigations or treatment
