Ways To Relieve Neck Pain

By Mark Thomas

The pain and stiffness in the neck are usually caused by excessive stretching or spasm of the muscles of your neck. They can also be caused by inflammation or swelling of the joints in your neck. The neck pain is sometimes caused by arthritis or by injury to the discs of your neck vertebrae or cervical disks.

Sleeping with a pillow that doesn't suit your head and is not symmetrical can be a reason for the stiffness in your neck. If you stay in the posture resting your forehead on your arm or hand for a considerable length of time, then that too can lead to pain and stiffness in your neck muscles. However, a correction in your posture and the knowledge of your body movements can take care of the conditions triggering the neck pain and stiffness.

Any injury in the neck or head zone, where a nerve suffers an injury and can't function as it is expected to, can also be the reason for pain in the neck and surrounding muscles. This can also happen due to over straining of the neck muscles through exercising more than the body can handle.

One of the best natural therapy for neck pain is being in a good posture. You should take a closer look at your working habits, if your neck pain amplifies after work. For people working on a computer, the screen should be at the eye level to give the neck a stable posture. Taking cyclic breaks from work and moving around a bit facilitates the blood flow and prevents neck pain.

A regime of exercising the muscles around your neck can make them tough and powerful. Keeping the nose along the central line of your body also helps maintain symmetry in body position. During sleeping, you head should be straight and not twisted at an angle. If the stiffness recurs when you wake up, then changing your mattress might help relieve your pain.

The ways listed above usually relieve a stiff neck or pain in the neck, but if for some reason they don't help you , then you should go through a medical checkup. If you feel any pain in your arm or hands or any numbing sensation in your fingers with the neck pain, then it might be due to a pinched nerve and you should consult a doctor about your problem. - 30453

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