Any kind of pain can disturb your daily routine and needs
timely attention. A neck pain can be sudden or can happen due to several
underlying factors. What becomes important after a persistent neck pain is the
right medication and if prescribed by the physician the right brace to support
your neck.
Symptoms of Neck Pain
- Numbness, tenderness, tingling, sharp shooting pain, fullness, difficulty swallowing, pulsations, dizziness, stiffness in the neck, and swelling.
- Shoulder pain, facial pain, headache, and arm numbness can also be because of neck pain.
- Depending on the condition, a back pain both upper and lower can also be associated with neck pain.
Causes of Neck Pain
- No pain comes announced and there can be several reasons for pain in the neck.
- Over a period of time a poor posture, working at desk without changing position, sleeping with your neck in a bad position or jerking the neck during an exercise can cause muscle tension and strain.
- Holding the phone between your neck and shoulder for long and cradling it causes neck pain.
- Neck is one of the most moveable bones of the human body and is also prone to sudden jerks and vulnerable to injury especially during a car accident, a fall, or a sports injury. When the neck experiences a dislocation or fracture and the cervical disks located in the upper torso are not able to absorb the shock the spinal cord may also get affected during the injury.
- Neck injury that is caused when there is an accident and the neck receives a sudden jerk it is called “whiplash”.
- Arthritis is a condition which causes pain and swelling of the joints and bone spurs. When the arthritis condition affects the neck area it causes pain in the neck.
- If you feel that the pain is only a minor stiffness you can start a home treatment with applying ice on the neck followed by heat either with a heating pad, hot compress, or hot showers.
- Exercising mildly, getting a gentle neck massage, and taking an over the counter medicine like the ibuprofen can help you relief of your neck pain if it is mild in nature.
- If symptoms persist for more than a week, you should see the doctor.
- If there is numbness, headache, fever, pain that goes down to your arms or legs, trouble in swallowing or breathing; such symptoms should not be ignored and the doctor needs to be visited immediately.
- An accident where the neck hurts needs immediate medical care.
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Depending upon the nature of neck injury, your doctor will prescribe you the right treatment.
- Neck collars or braces are usually advised by the doctors to provide relief to the neck other than the exercises and if the injury is of a serious nature than a spinal surgery too can be recommended.
How useful are the Neck Braces?
- A neck brace immobilizes the neck and will keep the head relatively still while your injury is being healed.
- A neck brace helps your neck to bear the weight of your head while the injured area and the soft tissues can be healed.
- You can even wear a neck brace while driving as a precautionary measure to protect your neck from sudden jerks and injury.
- After a neck surgery, a neck brace is required to support the neck to keep the neck bones in line.
- A physician will guide you to use the right brace and in the right position to help you accelerate the process of healing the injury.
- The neck brace should be snug to fit your neck correctly without keeping it too tight.
- It should be very comfortable to wear and only the padded area should touch your skin as the neck brace holds your head comfortably.
- GPC Medical Limited offers one of the best quality neck braces available in the market.
- They are easy to wear and brings relief to the patient and cause no skin irritation.
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