Many of our patients suffer from neck pain. The pain can be caused by any number of factors including; automobile injuries (whiplash), work injuries, sports injuries, slips, falls, overhead work, repetitive phone or computer use, poor posture, sleeping wrong, slouching, stress, prolonged driving, and exercising incorrectly. Most of us have experienced one or more of these stressors and developed pain in our neck or upper back.
If the pain is transient and goes away in a few hours to a day, it may not be something to worry about. Persistent pain, recurring pain, or pain that radiates to your shoulders and arms indicates an underlying problem that needs to be treated by a health care professional. If left untreated, this can lead to degenerative changes in your spine which will become a permanent condition.
The most common cause of neck pain is misalignment of your cervical spine or vertebral subluxations. These subluxations can lead to swelling and irritation in your joints, tightening of the neck and shoulder muscles, irritation of the nerves, and eventually degeneration in the joints and discs.
Chiropractors are trained to detect and correct vertebral subluxations. If you have neck pain, call our office today to set up an appointment.