Common causes of Neck Pain

Important information you should know

1. Bad posture.
2. Working on the computer for long hours.
3. Inactive lifestyle.
4. Doing the wrong exercises or wrong yoga postures.
5. Lifting heavyweights.
6. Aggressive exercises without warm up or stretching in the gym.

Signs you should not ignore your neck pain:

1. When you have neck pain for more than 6 weeks and it’s not getting better with rest and pain killer.
2. When your pain is going down your arm.
3. When you have tingling or numbness in arm or hand 4. When you find a weakness in your arms.
5. When your neck pain is severe and it’s not getting better rather getting worse.
6. If you got any accidental injury with forceful impact with neck jerk in which you are prone to fracture or any muscle tear or nerve injury.
7. If you have a severe headache that's not getting better.
8. When you have signs of nausea, vomiting, and dizziness.
9. Severe throbbing pain in the neck and posterior occipital region.
10. If you are not able to move your neck forward with signs of fever or altered mental state.
11. If you have sleep deprivation due to pain.
12. Sudden unintentional weight loss.

Common misconceptions about neck pain:

a. Neck pain is not curable.
b. Neck pain is always cervical spondylitis and spondylitis is always severe.
c. Neck pain gets better with rest only.
d. Wear neck collar in neck pain.
e. Neck pain happens because of aging

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UPPER CROSS SYNDROME AND ITS CLINICAL PRESENTATION

UPPER CROSS SYNDROME AND ITS CLINICAL PRESENTATION : In UCS there is muscle imbalance due to long hours sitting in bad posture. In India, this problem is increasing in corporate employees due to bad posture and bad lifestyle. In Upper cross syndrome muscles that get tight are : Upper trapezium, Levator Scapula, Pectorals, Sternocleidomastoid, and muscles that get weak are Rhomboids, Lower Trapez ius and Neck Flexors. This muscle imbalance can create pain and dysfunctioning in the atlanto-occipital joint, Shoulder joint, cervical joint, cervicothoracic joint. A person with upper cross syndrome presents with neck pain, headache, shoulder pain, stiffness in the neck and at times tingling and numbness in hand. For any further advice/assistance call our expert @ 9811448365 expert clinician at Theracare sports injury clinic.

Best Home Remedies to treat Neck Pain

****Best Home Remedies to treat Neck Pain**** * Avoid using a thick pillow for sleeping. * Correct ur posture and take postural training from an expert Physiotherapist. * Use moist hot pack on the side of Neck and site of pain. * Take over the counter muscle relaxant or pain killer if u don't have any allergy or stomach issue or u don't have any systemic problem. * Do mild neck stretching exercises. * Do mild massage around the neck but not over the spine. * Get an X-ray done if pain persists for a long duration. * Consult a doctor if the pain is severe. For any further advice/assistance call our expert @ 9811448365 expert clinician at Theracare sports injury clinic.

Ways to prevent frozen shoulder

ways to prevent frozen shoulder** 1. Don't ignore shoulder pain and take right treatment for that. 2. Use hot pack if there is no swelling. 3. Don't sleep on the side where u have pain. 4. Keep ur shoulder mobile by doing mobility exercises in pain free range under the guidance of expert Physiotherapist. 5. Don't lift heavy weight. For any further advice/assistence call our expert @ 9811448365 expert clinician at theracare sports injury clinic.

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