Neck Pain Causes, Diagnoses and Treatment
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Neck pain occurs anywhere from the bottom of head to the top of shoulders. The possibility of its spreading or extending to the upper back or arms exists and if this happens it is likely to restrict neck and head movement.
Neck pain mostly occurs because of activities resulting from prolonged movements of the neck’s muscles, ligaments, tendons, bones and joints. This sometimes strains muscles or sprains ligaments, which sometimes may also result in injury. Activities like trying to paint ceiling, sleeping with your neck twisted, slouching, or simply remaining in one position for a long period of time can all cause pain in the neck.
Neck pain can also result from injury from an accident on vehicle or fall from a ladder, or even because of infection in the neck area.
Your doctor through a medical history and a series of physical examination usually diagnoses neck pain. During the examination, the health professional checks the following:
(i) your neck’s range of motion (ii) the doctor may try to identify the areas of tenderness and also nerve-related changes, like numbness or weakness in the arms or hands.
Your doctor may recommend medicines, i.e. painkillers course, restricting certain activities, which may be worsening the situation like use of computer, or watching television for prolonged duration. The doctor may also suggest exercise. I the extreme cases doctor can also advice surgery. Depending upon the stage of pain and condition of ligaments etc the doctor arrives at a decision. The earlier the issue of neck pain is addressed the better. For that matter even back pain or any such common pains like pain of the knee etc. The earlier the causes are diagnosed the better, easier and less complicated it may turn out to be.