Health Blog Category: Neck Pain
Are You In Search of Safe, Effective Pain Relief For Your Back and Neck Pain?
There are many reasons why one may develop back or neck pain. Back and neck pain may range from mild to severe, and you may experience accompanying symptoms.
Neck pain is most commonly caused by muscle strains, which can develop due to a cervical herniated disc, cervical degenerative disc disease, or cervical osteoarthritis. Anything that causes the spine’s anatomy to change can result in back pain, such as lumbar disc herniation, lumbar degenerative disc disease, sacroiliac joint dysfunction, or osteoarthritis!
Read full blogTired of Neck Pain and Back Aches? It’s Time for You to Try Physical Therapy.
Is your back and neck pain preventing you from living your life to the fullest? If so, you aren’t alone.
Studies show that up to 90% of people experience either back pain or neck pain at least once in their lives. Though back pain and neck pain is very common, this doesn’t mean it’s a condition you should take lightly.
Left untreated, some of the conditions that cause neck and back pain can lead to long-term health issues or mobility limitations.
Read full blogHow You Should Sleep to Relieve Neck or Shoulder Pain
Have you ever laid awake, tossing and turning, because of that annoying ache in your neck or shoulder? Why is it that you can be busy all day, but when you lay down to sleep, you start to feel more discomfort or pain? The reason for this is that your brain is busy handling a million other tasks during the day, not paying attention to the problem in your neck or shoulder.
When you rest in your bed, your mind becomes more aware of the body, fixating on any dull or throbbing pain.
Read full blogBack or Neck Pain? What Different Types of Pain Mean
When you have an ache or pain it can leave you scratching your head as to where the pain is truly coming from. Just because it hurts in that part of your leg or arm, doesn’t mean that is where the problem is coming from. Is it a bulging disc, muscle strain or did you just plain over do it?
Being a physical therapist is much like being a mechanic for the body.
Read full blogPhysical Therapy Just as Effective for Spinal Stenosis as Surgery
A new study published in the Annals of Internal Medicine that followed 169 participants showed that physical therapy was just as effective for people suffering from spinal stenosis as surgery (1). In fact, the results point to what physical therapists have known for decades, people suffering with back pain should try physical therapy first, before considering more invasive procedures.
Spinal stenosis is a common back pain condition that affects people mostly as they age. In the spine there are canals that are formed by the vertebrae in which the spinal cord passes through the nerves branching off it.
Read full blogHow to Relieve Back and Neck Pain With a Healthy Spine
Do you suffer from aching back pain, nagging neck pain or even headaches? Having a healthy spine can prevent these types of problems. Your spine is a complicated structure of vertebrae, discs, joints, ligaments, tendons, muscles and nerves. Every second of every day your spine is moving in a delicate balance, even while you breathe! Take care of it and it will take care of you.
Here are useful tips on how to have a healthy spine:
Eat Right
Nutrition is critical to having a healthy body.
How to Protect Your Back
Have you ever felt low back pain after doing too much the day before? One of the major causes of low back pain is repetitive injury to the spine. Repetitive injuries can be as simple as picking up boxes or having to bend down to scrub and clean the house.
We often feel that we have done too much and then experience some aches or soreness that goes away in a day or two. However, your body is telling you that there is straining and microscopic tearing of muscle tissue, causing inflammation.
Read full blogTips for relieving neck pain
Do you find yourself with a nagging neck or headache, especially after a long day or stressful event? The American Academy of Pain Medicine reports that neck pain and severe headaches or migraines make up about 30% of all commonly reported pain conditions. There are many reasons for neck pain, but the majority of episodes are caused by the following:
- Poor posture
- Weak shoulder and neck muscles
- Stress
- Injury
- Arthritis
While many of us will take over the counter medication, such as Advil, to numb the pain, the main source of the problem is still present.
Read full blogMuscle Stretching for Relieving Neck and Back Pain
Many aches and pains in the neck and back stem from tight muscles. Stretching the tight muscles along the back of your neck, strengthening the muscles in the front of your neck and improving body posture in general, can help to release neck pain. Our experts in physical therapy can help you achieve all of this.
Improving your body posture can start by simply strengthening your abdominal muscles. These help to reduce a forward-head body posture and slumping shoulders that increase back pain and stress on the spine.
Read full blog5 Ways to Relieve Back and Neck Pain
If you are suffering with back or neck pain, it can be confusing to determine the right way to relieve your pain and get back to normal activities. For some, permanent injury or changes in their body mean arthritis and the tendency for more aches and pains. However, it doesn’t mean you can’t do something about it and live a pain-free life.
Here are some tips to relieve your back and neck pain:
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