Neck Pain Treatment

If you’ve ever heard the phrase “a pain in the neck,” you can imagine the discomfort literal neck pain can cause. This common condition affects the neck and shoulders and can feel like anything from an ache to stiffness to a sharp pain. The team at Limitless Chiropractic is well-versed in neck pain and can help you find relief.

HOW DOES NECK PAIN MANIFEST?

Symptoms of Neck Pain

  • Neck pain with menstrual cycles
  • Radiating pain in neck that starts in the goes to shoulder and down to the hand
  • One side of the neck feels swollen or hot (hypertonic)
  • Muscles feel stiff and achy
  • Neck feeling locked or stuck (decreased range of motion)

WHAT DOES NECK PAIN MEAN?

Common causes of Neck pain

  1. Lifestyle – Sitting at a computer all day? Head down in your smartphone or tablet? Our lifestyles, choices, and habits directly affect our bodies.
    • Poor posture
    • “Text Neck”
    • Rounded Shoulders
    • Eye Strain
    • Poor Desk Ergonomics
  2. Psychological – Sometimes it’s not necessarily anything we’re doing that’s making us feel bad. The body reacts from within and manifests outwardly as pain and discomfort.
    • Carpal tunnel
    • Pinched nerve in neck or shoulder
    • Degenerative disc disease (narrow or thinning disc)
    • Bulging disc