Early Treatment for a Pinched Nerve in the Neck

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Treating a Pinched Nerve in the NeckSometimes a pinched nerve in the neck can arise when an anatomical abnormality in the upper, or cervical, spine – such as a bulging disc, herniated disc, calcified ligament, or bone spur – places pressure on the spinal cord or a nerve root. Nerve compression can cause symptoms of localized pain, radiating pain, numbness, tingling, and muscle weakness. The severity and frequency of your symptoms will vary from those of other patients, but it doesn’t mean that living with those symptoms will be any less difficult. There are some initial steps you can take to help relieve your symptoms and make getting through each day a little easier. Read more

Lifestyle Factors Affecting Neck and Back Pain – Is Neck Pain Inevitable?

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Throw away the neck pain paradigm and look at things afresh.

You might think that neck pain and back pain are simply a sad fact of ageing, a natural thing that everyone should expect as they get older. What if neck pain could be cured through healthy lifestyle changes, though? Could a silent epidemic of ill-health induced by environmental toxins, stresses and undernourishment be the true cause of your neck ache, joint pain and stiffness? Read more

Are Your Properly Protecting Yourself Against Whiplash? Watch this Short Video to Find Out!

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Many cases of whiplash and neck pain could be prevented by taking a few seconds to make some simple adjustments to your driving set-up. Don’t wait until you’ve experienced the pain of injury and have to research your whiplash treatment options before taking action. Adjust your seating position every time you get in the car if you share your vehicle with another driver and make sure to take the following safety tips into account when buying a new car. Read more

Recovering from Whiplash – What Are Your Options?

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What's the best way to treat whiplash and neck pain after a car accident?

Chronic spinal degeneration, stress and muscle strain are not the only causes of neck pain: An acute injury, like a fall or a car accident, can cause whiplash and neck pain that takes weeks, months, or even years to recover from and which may, in some cases, cause permanent cervical spinal problems. Early treatment for whiplash can help prevent chronic problems but the difficulty is that symptoms sometimes do not arise in the immediate aftermath of an accident. Knowing if spine surgery is necessary for whiplash and neck pain or whether a less invasive treatment could be of benefit is difficult but recent reviews are gradually giving us a clearer picture of how best to improve outcome after such an injury. Read more

Have Fibromyalgia? Have a Drink… Maybe

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Drinking to excess is unlikely to help neck pain from fibromyalgia or any cause.

It might seem counterintuitive but alcohol might actually reduce fibromyalgia symptoms, such as neck pain, according to researchers at the Mayo Clinic. The mechanism behind this appears to be the boost in levels of an inhibitory neurotransmitter, gamma-aminobutyric acid (GABA), triggered by low to moderate alcohol consumption but the conclusion is presented with some degree of caution as a number of drugs for fibromyalgia can interact badly with alcohol.

Should fibro patients with neck pain have a glass of wine or a beer to relieve symptoms, then, or is it safer to stick to teetotalism for fibromyalgia? Read more

Stretching and Exercise as Cervical Bone Spur Treatment

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Bone spur treatmentCervical bone spur treatment is a means to alleviate or manage symptoms associated with the growth of excess bone along the sides or edges of the vertebrae located within the neck region of the spine. Far more often than not, someone with bone spurs (osteophytes) within the spine never even realizes they are there. That’s because most bone spurs cause nothing more serious than a popping or cracking noise called crepitus, which can be heard occasionally when the head is turned.

Debilitating, chronic symptoms associated with spinal bone spurs can include pain, tingling, numbness, or muscle weakness in the upper extremities. These symptoms are caused by spinal nerve compression.
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Treating Fibromyalgia-Related Neck Pain with SNRIs

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Is Cymbalta overprescribed for neck pain and other fibromyalgia symptoms?

Cymbalta and Savella offer only a small degree of pain relief for those suffering from fibromyalgia, according to a new meta-analysis. The Cochrane review’s authors suggest that advertisements for the drugs that show women becoming free of fibromyalgia symptoms are misleading and that physicians need to discuss realistic expectations with their patients. More than five million Americans are thought to suffer from fibromyalgia, with around 80% of patients women and many receiving one of these selective serotonin and noradrenaline reuptake inhibitors (SNRIs)as treatment. Read more

How to Treat Spinal Stenosis While You’re at Work

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How to treat spinal stenosisLearning how to treat spinal stenosis can be difficult enough, and managing the symptoms of pain, tingling, numbness, and weakness that can travel through your spine and extremities is even more frustrating. So what do you do when you’re at work, are trying to be productive, but the nagging symptoms of spinal stenosis are distracting you? For most people with mild to moderate spinal stenosis, taking time off work when symptoms flare up simply isn’t an option, so it’s important to learn how you can manage symptoms while on the job.

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Suffering from a Pinched Nerve in Your Neck? Treatment Runs Hot and Cold

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Pinched nerve in the neck treatmentIf you are suffering from a pinched nerve in your neck, treatment in the form of temperature therapy may help bring you relief when used in conjunction with other conservative treatments. The benefits of applying hot and cold compresses to injured areas of the body have been known for hundreds of years, and today, physical therapists employ temperature therapy as a major facet of rehabilitation for injuries, postoperative pain, and degenerative conditions like pinched nerves in the spine.

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Nonsurgical Treatment Options for a Pinched Nerve in Your Neck

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Pinched nerve in the neckWhile a pinched nerve in your neck can be a painful and frustrating condition, it is also a fairly common condition that can easily develop due to injuries or degenerative changes in the cervical spine. Anything from an inflamed ligament to a herniated disc to bone spurs can compress a cervical nerve root and give rise to symptoms of pain, tingling, numbness, or muscle weakness in the neck and upper extremities.

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