Osteopathic Treatment for Neck Pain
Common Causes of Neck Pain
A "pain in the neck" is physically limiting, stressful, and difficult to ignore.
Posture often plays a huge role when it comes to neck problems.
Why?
Imagine carrying the shopping bags home with your arm outstretched rather than by your side - how would your shoulder cope? That's similar to what your neck is doing every day when it's held forward.
Our tendency to look down, or drift our heavy heads forward for lengths of time without noticing puts considerably more load through our necks having to support the extra weight of our head.
This is incredibly common due to heavy use of technology in modern life.
Despite what you might be thinking, we are not about to tell you to stop working or scrolling (especially as I sit here on my own laptop writing this advice page!)
Instead we identify the issue, explain it, guide you towards adapting and overcoming, helping you attune your body to comfortably meet the demands of your lifestyle.
Neck Pain Symptoms
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Sudden or ongoing neck pain or stiffness
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Neck pain with headaches
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Neck pain with migraine
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Neck pain that goes down arm
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Neck pain when turning head
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Neck pain after waking up
Neck Pain Advice
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Sleep with pillows of a correct height so that your head is in line with your spine
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Try to limit spending too much time with your neck in one particular position, for example looking down at phone
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When a certain task requires a lot of stationary focus, take regular micro-breaks moving out of the position
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Have your head resting against your headrest when working or driving
Can Osteopathy Help Neck Pain?
If you feel your neck pain is linked to work, lifestyle, posture, or a factor that feels difficult to change, don’t despair!
If you're not sure why you have neck pain in the first place, we are here to figure it out!
There are always ways to identify the issue, adapt, modify, and make changes, despite what you do for work or how much your posture may have changed over the years!
Osteopathy exists to help you build the resilience your body needs to meet the physical demands of your daily life, and overcome strains that modern life places on it.