Health blog Category: neck stiffness
Muscle Weakness can Cause a Neck Issue
A neck issue or stiffness is a very common condition that most people experience at some point in their lives. Initially, it may come from sleeping in an awkward position, and may only last for a day or two, so we tend to ignore it. However, neck pain can fast become a chronic condition. If it lasts too long it can become very frustrating and, if not treated early enough, may even become debilitating – so much so that we are unable to turn our heads without severe pain. This makes driving impossible. When pain becomes this severe it is difficult to do most of our favorite hobbies like reading or knitting as well.
Read full blogComputers and Phones causing your Neck Issues?
Is your computer and phone causing your neck issues? 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. We’re often not aware of our posture. We might not have a workstation that is set up ergonomically; our computer screens are too high or too low; we’re on our phones or our tablets and looking down.
Read full blogNo More Aching Neck
‘Pain in the neck’ is a common neck problem complaint. 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. Think back to the times when you have fallen asleep in an awkward position and had the unexpected pleasure of waking up to a “crick in your neck.” You know when you have an aching neck it makes it very difficult to turn your head to check your blind spots when driving, bend your neck forward to check your cell phone, or enjoy knitting or crocheting without discomfort or pain.
Read full blogHeadaches – Poor Posture May Be To Blame
Poor posture may be causing us headaches, discomfort, and stiffness. Headaches can be debilitating and prevent us from playing with our children, having dinner with our families, and completing our daily tasks such as doing the dishes or laundry.
How is your posture? Many of us have sedentary jobs at a desk and/or use mobile technology for day-to-day communications. Think about how you sit when you do these things. It’s easy for us to slip into a poor posture when we’re mindlessly reading emails or sending texts. If our posture issues are not addressed, it can contribute to neck pain, stiffness, nagging headaches, trouble standing up and other painful issues that will prevent us from being able to make that concert with friends or a family gathering. It may even keep us home and unable to go to work and will, most likely, continue to recur.
Poor Posture Causing Headaches, Discomfort, and Stiffness
How is your posture? Poor posture may be causing your headaches, discomfort and stiffness. Many of us have sedentary jobs at a desk and/or use mobile technology for day-to-day communications. Think about how you sit when you do these things. It’s easy for us to slip into a poor posture when we’re mindlessly reading emails or sending texts. Poor posture contributes to neck pain, stiffness, nagging headaches, trouble standing up and other painful issues.
Read full blogMorning commute have you sitting in traffic…
Neck pain and tightness is something that we all may experience from time to time for different reasons. However, chronic pain or tightness often has a deeper issue than just sleeping wrong one night. Poor posture and muscular weakness is often the culprit for neck issues. We spend so much time with our heads down and shoulders rounded while using our phones, shoulders hunched while driving or doing daily activities, and the like, that we don’t even notice we’re training our body to give us issues.
Read full blogHow Physical Therapy Can Get Rid of Your Headaches
By: Angie Austin, LPTA
Headaches are something we have probably all experienced at some point in our lives. In fact, some people experience daily headaches. A headache is associated with pain anywhere in the head or scalp. Sometimes, pain occurs in the neck. The symptoms of a headache can range from an ache or tension-like pain to sharp or piercing pain that can increase or be triggered by a number of causes.
How Your Desk, Phone, TV Can Impact the Neck
How Your Desk, Phone, TV Can Impact the Neck
Raise your hand if you’ve ever fallen asleep in an awkward position and had the unexpected pleasure of waking up to a “crick in your neck.” This unexpected pain and discomfort can make it difficult to turn our heads to check our blind spots while driving and bending our neck forward while working on our computers at the office. When most people complain of a “crick” in their neck, they are referring to either pain or stiffness, most likely in the form of a cramp or a spasm. Awkward sleeping positions can be a culprit, however, understand that there are many other causes for neck pain and stiffness.
Four Reasons There Might Be Upper Body Discomfort
Pain in the neck is a common neck problem complaint. 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 which can make turning our heads to check our blind spots when driving and watching our family members play sports difficult. Bending our heads forward when looking at our phones becomes challenging.
What happens if you put off addressing the source of your neck pain? It gets much worse and limits you even further from possibly being able to get a good night’s sleep, clean the house, or cook the family dinner. The good news is physical therapy can address many of these ‘pain in the neck’ problems and you can avoid exacerbating the issue.
Sitting for Several Hours Each Day?
Neck pain is a common complaint that we see in physical therapy. Our posture as a society has continued to decline with the increased use of phones and computers. Poor posture can lead to many neck injuries that can be addressed with physical therapy.
Common Neck Injuries:
Cervical radiculopathy is a term that means radiating pain down into your arms/hands or upper back due to nerve compression in the neck.