Neck pain and stiffness

Neck pain and stiffness

The pain or stiffness in the neck of the common problems that you do not usually cause for concern.
Often improved pain or stiffness after a few days or weeks, and rarely a sign of a more serious problem.

The person may develop pain or stiffness in the neck if Nam status is appropriate, or use the computer for a long period of time, or strained neck muscles due to bad posture.

Anxiety, mental stress can sometimes lead to tension in the neck muscles, which in turn leads to pain in the neck.

It is often possible to treat these symptoms at home by following the instructions contained in this article.

The causes of neck pain and stiffness

 Warpage or Anakal neck

The person may wake up one morning to find that his neck twisted to one of the bodies and rigid in that situation. This condition is known sharp Balassar Acute torticollis It is caused by injury to the muscles of the neck.

Do not yet know the exact cause of severe injury Balassar, but it may have been caused by bad posture of the neck, or sleep without neck support adequately, or carrying something heavy is unbalanced (for example, carrying heavy bag with one arm).

Improvement may take between 24-48 hours, or a maximum of a week.

     Degeneration of the neck

Neck pain may result sometimes "degeneration" which affects the neck bones and joints. This type of arthritis is called cervical spondylosis Cervical spondylosis.

Spondylosis cervical naturally with aging happen. It does not always lead to the emergence of symptoms, but the bony changes in some people can lead to stiff neck.

Can also compress nearby nerves, leading to pain spreads from the arms Kokhoz Pins with numbness in the hands and legs.

However, most cases improve with the use of treatment within a few weeks.

 Almassa

Almassa Whiplash is an injury to the neck caused by the sudden movement of the head forward or back or sides.

Almassa often happens after a sudden collision, as in traffic accidents, where the cause of violent head to a hyperextension movement and damaged tendons in the neck and ligaments.

Almassa may cause pain in the muscles of the neck and the stiff, which limits the ability to move, as well as headaches.

     Angras nerve

 Cervical pain caused by compression of a nerve in the cervical roots impairment Cervical radiculopathy known. This results in a rupture of the articular interval disks between the bones at the top of the spine normally, leading to the withdrawal of the gel found inside the direction of a neighboring nerves.

It is common injury to the elderly in this case, because the spinal discs start to lose water that contains it with aging, making it less malleable, and increases the likelihood of tearing them.

Can control the pain sometimes using pain relievers and follow health guidelines, as may be recommended that the surgery in some cases.

     Causes more serious

 The underlying cause may be a serious neck pain if the pain continues, and is getting worse, little by little, or if additional symptoms, such as emerged:

     Decline in motor coordination capabilities, and increase the difficulty of the task performance of the patient.
     Problems walking.
     Loss of bladder or bowel control.
     High temperature (fever).
     Underweight idiopathic.

It may be the main reason most likely to feel the pain of the neck is the one person received a severe injury soon, such as the presence of the person in the car suffered a car accident or a person is exposed to a fall or injury in the past, cancer or health conditions weakened his immune system, such as AIDS. And you, you should check with your doctor when it worry him that pain.

    The management of neck pain at home

The management of neck pain guidelines are the same for most of the symptoms described above, and are summarized as follows: continue to practice daily routine tasks, and maintain a good level of physical activity, eating painkillers to soothe the symptoms. As the patient can resort to the following steps to measure pain:

     Eat regular doses of ibuprofen or paracetamol, or share of the drugs, for pain control; can massage the neck gel using ibuprofen as an alternative to disk.

  Applying hot compresses to the neck, where it may help to relieve pain and muscle spasms, and some may feel more comfortable when applying cold compresses.

     Sleeping on a few solid cushion height of the night, as the use of a large number of pillows may cause curvature of the neck abnormally.

     Make sure not to take bad positions, where the worsening bad postures of the severity of the pain, and may be one reason for its occurrence.

 Avoid wearing cervical collar, there is no evidence that wearing the ring cervical be useful in healing, it is generally best to maintain the movement of the neck and not be constrained.

     Avoid driving when there is difficulty in turning the head; it would prevent the driver from paying attention to the right or left and watch the traffic as it should.

     Do some exercises of the neck if the stiff, so by tilting the head up and down and from side to side, Such exercises help to strengthen the neck muscles and improve the field of movement.

When should you see a doctor

The patient should see a doctor in case of neck pain does not improve on its own within a few days or weeks, or if the drugs did not succeed in controlling the pain, or if the patient Saort doubts about the existence of a more serious reason for the pain.

 The doctor will examine the patient's neck and ask him some questions, his answers may help to diagnose an underlying pathological conditions. It may also describe the more powerful painkillers, such as codeine codeine, in conjunction with the relievers unusual given without a prescription.

It can be the doctor to transfer the patient to a physical therapist if pain or stiffness in the neck for a month or more continued.

 Prevention of neck pain

The following guidelines may be helpful in avoiding neck pain:

     Care to sit or stand a good status.

     Get enough rest after sitting for a long time, or driving, or any activity in which the neck remains fixed in the same position for a long period of time.

 Follow the methods of relaxation when feeling tired, and to help ease the tension in the neck.

     Avoid sleeping on the stomach, being careful to be the head over the body during sleep (no tendency to one of the parties) when sleeping on the side.

     Use a pillow (or more) suitable up to maintain the integrity level of the head with the body.

     Sleeping on a mattress is relatively solid; Valafrah Mild could lead to curvature of the neck during sleep.