Osteopathy to Relieve Neck Pain

The Benefits of Osteopathy to Relieve Neck Pain

Many of us have felt the perils of neck pain. The bones, ligaments, and muscles of your neck support your head and allow for motion. Like many parts of the body, when your neck is out of alignment, under stress or subjected to injury, it will certainly let you know by way of these common symptoms:

• Soreness
• Stiffness which makes turning your head to the side difficult (i.e. often referred to as a wry neck).
• Pain, tingling or weakness extending down to the shoulders, arms and/or fingers
• Difficulty gripping or lifting objects.

In many cases we can cause neck pain; injury and discomfort to our back and neck simply through bad habits such as:

• Poor posture
• Repetitive motions – turning the head in a repetitive manner leading to overuse of the neck’s muscles, tendons, and ligaments.
• Holding the head in an unusual position for long periods causing neck strain.

Also, there are causes that are outside of our control such as accidental injury and degeneration. For example:

• Whiplash – this occurs when a sudden jolt to your neck strains all the muscles, tendons and ligaments past their point of normal motion. This commonly occurs in an auto accident involving a rear-end collision.
• And general deterioration through ageing.