Neck pain is one of the most common complaints we receive from our patients. Neck muscles are often strained due to poor posture, whether it is due to leaning over the computer, hunching over a workbench, or other bad posture positions. Osteoarthritis is an alternative common cause of neck pain.

Rarely, neck pain is often a symptom of a more serious issue, however, we recommend you seek medical care if you are dealing with neck pain that is accompanied by numbness or even loss of strength in your arms and hands, or if you are dealing with shooting pains in the shoulders down to the arms.

Common symptoms and signs of neck pain include:

• Pain that begins to worsen by holding the head in one place for long periods
• Muscle tightness and neck spasms
• Declined ability to move the head
• Headache

You should visit a pain medicine clinic like Specialty Medical Center if the neck pain starts to get worse or does not gradually improve with at-home treatment. Especially visit our clinic if you are dealing with severe neck pain due to an injury from an accident. If you are dealing with the following, book an appointment with our clinic today:

• Severe neck pain
• Persistent neck pain that lasts for several days without any relief
• Neck pain that spreads down to the arms and/or legs
• Neck pain that is accompanied by numbness, weakness, headache, and/or tingling sensations

The neck is a flexible support system that bears the weight of the head. It is quite vulnerable to injuries from accidents, and conditions that cause pain and can restrict motion. Neck pain can be caused from:

• Muscle strain: Muscle strain often will occur due to too many hours of the body hunched over due to working on a computer, smartphones, workbenches, etc. which can often trigger muscle strains.

• Worn joints: Like other joints within the body, your neck joints can also wear due to age. Osteoarthritis is the main cause of the cushions between the bones which begin to deteriorate. The body then forms bone spurs that affect joint motion and cause neck pain.

• Nerve compression: Nerve compression is due to bone spurs or herniated discs within the vertebrae of the neck which press on the nerves that branch out from the spinal cord.

• Injuries: Often auto-collisions that occur from being rear-ended will result in an injury to the neck which is known as whiplash. Whiplash occurs when the head is jerked forward, backward, and forward (or the opposite way), which strains the soft tissues found within the neck.

• Diseases: Diseases including rheumatoid arthritis, cancer, or meningitis can cause neck pain.

Pain management physicians can help with neck pain due to injuries or other conditions like chronic fatigue, persistent pain within the neck, cancer, etc. by better managing their symptoms and helping to improve neck mobility, and function as well as improve the patients’ quality of life with a wide variety of services and treatments.

Pain management is known as a non-surgical treatment option available and is a way to reduce neck pain, as well as any related symptoms.

Our board-certified pain physicians will rule out any neck pain conditions that may require surgery first, if they believe the neck pain you are suffering from would be better treated with surgery, they will refer you to a spine surgeon. If not, our pain physicians can use a combination of different spinal manipulations, therapies, and other techniques as a part of the treatment plan. Our kind and compassionate professionals are experienced in getting to the root of the problem for effective and long-term relief of pain. Visit us online or simply contact us to book an appointment. We serve patients from Sterling Heights MI, Dearborn MI, Detroit MI, Birmingham MI, Allen Park MI, Warren MI, and BEYOND!