Neck pain is the second most common cause of chronic pain and can lead to pain radiating down the arm. Neck pain can cause further symptoms including headaches, difficulty concentrating and completing everyday tasks like reaching and lifting.
Are you suffering from headaches? Did you know that your neck can cause a headache? If your headache starts at the back of the head, chances are that you could be suffering from a cervicogenic headache.
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After a car accident, you will likely experience muscle guarding, where the larger muscles in the body “guard” to protect you from more serious injuries causing extreme tightness and/or muscle spasms. Smaller muscles then turn off, producing weakness and feelings of tiredness. As a result, pain is experienced even when trying to perform everyday regular activities.
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Did you sleep on your neck wrong and wake up with a crick in your neck? What is a “Crick in the Neck”? This is formally called “Facet Dysfunction”. In the neck, the vertebrae (bones) interact with each other via multiple joints. One such joint type is a “Facet Joint”. When you have slept wrong, you typically have compressed and irritated one of these joints. This irritation manifests as stiffness that makes it difficult for you to turn your head. Do you need to see a physical therapist? Read more, or reach out today to find out if we should pay you a visit.
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What is Neck Postural Dysfunction? Neck discomfort that comes from your daily work, posture, or activities around the home. This is not an orthopedic condition in and of itself, but there are so many people looking to decrease their neck soreness with their everyday life. There is so much you can do for yourself! I’m glad you’re here!
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BPPV is one form of vertigo and is very easy to diagnose and treat. Your physical therapist can determine if you have BPPV by performing the Dix-Hallpike test, which is a noninvasive test. It takes only a few minutes to confirm if your vertigo is coming from crystals in the inner ear through simple head movements and watching the eyes for involuntary movements called nystagmus. Based on where the eyes move, your physical therapist can determine which inner ear is affected and treat accordingly.
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Discs are shock-absorbing structures (often likened to jelly donuts or water balloons) that serve as spaces between the vertebra (bones) of the spine. When we bend, lift, and/ or twist with poor mechanics we can herniate a disc or cause it to essentially pop and squish out the side.
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Arthritis is a common degenerative disc/joint disease, by adding physical therapy to your routine you can relieve your symptoms, build strength for fall risk prevention, and vastly improve your quality of life. You read that right, less mobile joints lead to more pain. Physical activity increases joint lubrication, joint nourishment, and circulation. It may be uncomfortable at first, but a physical therapist can help you find the next best step to ease you into exercise.
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Discs are shock-absorbing structures (often likened to jelly donuts or water balloons) that serve as spaces between the vertebra (bones) of the spine. When we bend, lift, and/ or twist with poor mechanics we can irritate a disc. Common symptoms of disc irritation are sudden onset of pain, caused by bending, lifting, and/or twisting, causing pain with coughing or sneezing. Another sign is if you find yourself saying “I threw my neck out” or “My neck gave out on me.”
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A cervical herniated disc can cause many different types of pain or no symptoms at all. The pain can range from aching in the neck, arm, and/or hand to electric-like pain that radiates into these same areas. Sometimes arm or hand numbness or weakness may also be present. While a cervical herniated disc may originate from some sort of trauma or neck injury, the symptoms commonly start spontaneously.
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Spondylosis is when there is excessive wear on the spine’s vertebrae and discs. Cervical spondylosis occurs in the neck and is a common cause of chronic neck pain.
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Radiculopathy is defined by John Hopkins Medicine as symptoms that occur as the result of a compressed nerve. You may be wondering, is radiculopathy the same as sciatica? There are many types of radiculopathy, given that we have so many nerves in the body, but sciatica specifically refers to lumbar radiculopathy. Lumbar radiculopathy typically refers to the feeling of radiating nerve pain caused by a compressed sciatic nerve.
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