Health blog Category: Neck Pain
Spending A Lot of Time Texting, Typing or Driving?
If you spend hours driving, texting, typing or even just sleeping in the wrong position the odds are you have either poor posture or neck pain. Spending extended periods of time in incorrect can lead to incorrect movement patterns and increase your injury risk over time. One of the easiest ways to see if you are at increased risk for a neck injury is to look at the motion that you have. We will highlight a few quick screens that you can complete to assess your own injury risk.
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What causes stiffness in the neck and how can we prevent this common condition?
One of the biggest contributors to neck pain and stiffness is our poor posture. A lot of us sit at a desk for work or school for several hours throughout the day. You are probably often not aware of your posture. You might not have a workstation that is set up ergonomically; your computer screens are too high or too low; we are on our phones or our tablets and looking down.
Nod if a ‘crick’ or knot is interrupting sleep
Neck problems are becoming more common due our sedentary lifestyles. How often do we use computers and phones throughout the day? Now think about your posture whenever you use these devices. Chances are, there’s probably room for improvement there.
Posture plays a large role in maintaining neck health and limits your chance of developing problems that can negatively affect your daily activities. Issues with your neck are commonly associated with pain, headaches, and general stiffness.
Four Common Neck Problems
By Abbey Fecher, DPT
Pain in the neck is a common neck problem complaint we hear in physical therapy. As a society, our posture has continued to decline as the use of phones and computers has increased. Poor posture can lead to many neck injuries. The good news is physical therapy can address many of these ‘pain in the neck’ problems.
Cervical radiculopathy is a term that means radiating pain down into your arms/hands or your upper back.
Don’t Turn Away from that ‘Crick in the Neck’
By Mike Bills, MS PT
A ‘crick in the neck’, neck discomfort, pain in the neck, knots in the neck. Whatever you call it, neck pain is not fun! So why do we get that discomfort in our necks and how can we take care of it?
There are some common causes for neck discomfort. It can stem from stress which causes tight muscles in this part of the body.
Neck Pain: How to Fix this ‘Pain in the Neck’
By Abbey Fecher, DPT
Neck problems are becoming more common due our sedentary lifestyles. How often do we use computers and phones throughout the day? Now think about your posture whenever you use these devices. Chances are, there’s probably room for improvement there.
Posture plays a large role in maintaining neck health and limits your chance of developing problems that can negatively affect your daily activities. Issues with your neck are commonly associated with pain, headaches, and general stiffness.