Having Neck Pain?

It is quite an amazing balancing act by your body, with your head on the top! Imagine a five-kilo mass (your head) sitting on top of a column of bones (your neck) with split-second movements in all directions and under enormous forces. It is no surprise that neck pain is one of the most common and persistent problems.

To better understand this condition, one should be aware that : Neck pain comes in a variety of forms. There is the temporary kind after sleeping awkwardly; the sore kind you may experience after exercise; or the nagging kind that is often associated with trauma such as a car accident. In the first case, at least, the general consensus can be “stop doing what makes it worse.”

If it’s chronic, however, that’s different.

“While it’s not only debilitating, it is also the center of the painkiller crisis that is now plaguing the nation as prescription drugs are often used and abused among those with chronic neck pain.”

Currently, the Food and Drug Administration and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention are warning that drugs such as OxyContin, Norco, and Vicodin are addictive and potentially fatal, and urging consumers and healthcare providers to seek non-pharmacologic alternatives for managing neck pain.

One of the most common and successful used non-pharmacologic approaches is drug-free physiotherapy care, which has high patient satisfaction scores.

“Doctors of physiotherapy are well-trained and highly educated in the structure and function of the human body, They use hands-on techniques to help enhance neurological control, flexibility, muscle strength, and range of motion.”