Neck pain

Approximately 70% of the population will experience neck pain throughout their lives. Those who mostly experience neck pain are women who work in administration or agriculture.

There are a variety of different causes of neck pain including:

• Poor posture

• Poor sleeping position

• Pinched nerve

• Injury

The first two causes of neck pain may be helped with through changes to lifestyle such as the height that we hold our phone when texting, or by changing the height of the pillow used whilst sleeping.

Chiropractors are able to assist with neck pain once a through examination has been undertaken. Treatment will typically involve gentle neck mobilisations, soft tissue work and home exercises.

It is advisable to seek help with neck pain especially those caused by injury or with tingling and numbness.