There are a number of reasons why someone will have neck pain. Some of the most typical causes include:

• whiplash from auto accidents
• sudden forceful movement of the neck or head, including shaking the hair
• disc disease that directly affects the spine, such as disc compression
• arthritis with bone spurs on the joints that affect joint motion
• compressed nerve roots in the vertebrae, causing spinal stenosis
• slouching, poor posture
• overweight or obesity
• weak abdominal muscles
• cold draft on one part of the neck for several hours
• injury from hitting the head

Whenever anyone has neck pain, that pain can worsen and start affecting the head to cause a headache. Neck pain can cause shooting pains down the arm. It can also result in problems with the muscles on the face, pain in the shoulder, and elbow or hand. Neck pain is notorious for interfering with one’s ability to concentrate, sit up straight, stay in a good mood, and have a great day.

The proper health practitioner to go to for neck pain that continues over time is the chiropractic physician. Trained thoroughly in how the cervical vertebrae move in the neck, reasons why neck pain occurs, various neck injuries and how to treat them properly, the chiropractic physician has much more expertise in how to deal with neck pain than the family physician.

In an initial consultation with a Arlington MA Chiropractors, many questions about how the neck pain started will be asked. Additional questions are asked about what makes the neck pain better and worse, if the pain ever occurred before, and if the pain radiates to other parts of the body; these answers will provide further information that assists in the diagnosis.

Arlington MA Chiropractors perform orthopedic tests to determine the cause of the neck pain, take x-rays, discover bone spurs, cervical fractures, degenerated discs, spinal stenosis, and determine what the next step is for each patient. Chiropractic physicians also have unique treatment tools such as ultrasound, electrical therapy, hot and cold packs, cold lasers, and of course, chiropractic manipulation that can be used the same day that the diagnosis is determined. This allows the patient to start the healing process sooner than if he was sent off to physical therapy.

Recent studies prove that chiropractic care to patients with chronic neck pain was successful improving their condition when chiropractic spinal manipulation was used.

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