If you are having neck issues, the very first person you should go to is a physical therapist. Rarely is a neck issue so bad that it requires a doctor or surgery.…
It could be any one of the several muscles that attach to the shoulder and all the way up to the skull. It could be referred pain from another area of the…
If there is a history of recent trauma, symptoms down both arms, or inability to move the neck from side to side, in addition to the other two, this may indicate something…
It will have any combination of the following. Sensory changes in the arms, including dumbness and tingling or burning, or increased or decreased sensitivity to things like light or temperature. Reflex changes…
Yes, for sure. Anxiety can cause a person's muscles to tense up all over the body. Major anxiety definitely affects the neck and usually the jaw will tense up along with it.
Neck pain that lasts more than 3 days and/or has a severity level above a 4/10 should merit seeing a physical therapist. If it feels worse than that or the pain is…
An infection of myelitis might lead to pain in the neck. Meningitis and many other infections can cause whole body stiffness of which the neck can be included.