Queries - Neck Pain

This can occur due to stiff or locked joints after sleeping awkwardly, prolonged sitting in front of the computer or television with poor posture and also turning your head quickly to look at someone. Chiropractic treatment can relieve neck pain in most cases very effectively. When neck pain is bad, it can radiate into an arm or down the shoulder, in between the shoulder blade or maybe up into the scalp resulting in headache. These are all symptoms that can be helped by Chiropractic treatment.

Dizziness/Giddiness
Headaches and Migraines

Dizziness/Giddiness - This has many causes from ear problems, jaw problems, blood pressure problems, or just low blood sugar level. But one of the common causes for it is the neck and the irritation of the nerves and joints of your upper neck area, almost by your hairline at the back of the neck can cause dizzy or giddy feeling. This is often accompanied by neck pain and/or headache as well.

Chiropractic treatment to your upper neck joints will help restore mobility of the neck and reduce the irritation, so that the nerves and joints can move freely.

neck pain after car accidents - This occurs when the head and neck are suddenly forced beyond the normal limits of movement. This then damages the soft tissue structures by overstretching them, as well as injuring the spinal joints.

The normal c shaped curve of your spine in the neck is altered and the joint movement becomes restricted. The weakened tissues are no longer supporting the spine in proper position and thus may result in instability of the neck structures. This in turn results in anything from light-headedness and neck pain to loss of strength and restricted movement of the neck.

Headaches and Migraines - The headaches and migraines are very common and usually happen often related to the neck pain. The most common type of headache is muscle tension headache, which results from the muscle tension in the neck. This affects the scalp nerves and blood vessels as well as the brain covering.

Other causes of headaches are eye strain, high blood pressure, dental problems, jaw problems, ear problems, brain conditions, fevers and infections.

Migraine is a severe headache, accompanied by other symptoms which may include increased sensitivity to sound or light, nausea or light headedness that may last for hours or even years. Often the tension in the neck can also play a part in development of the migraine.

The pain from the most common type of headache (tension headache) can ease with pain killers and application of ointments to the forehead. These things often tend to dampen the pain you might feel.

Chiropractic treatment to your neck, head and jaw can help not only to dampen the pain but also help to resolve the cause of the tension headaches as well.

Chiropractors are trained to diagnose all causes of headaches, so that if the headache was caused by something else other than muscles, joints and nerves, the Chiropractor would refer you back to your GP and/or a specialist appropriately.