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Neck Pain!

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What Causes Neck Pain?

There are several factors that contribute to neck pain, including supporting and balancing the weight of your head.  Other factors that can strain your neck are: regular wear and tear, injuries, stress, tension, and poor posture.  Because your neck is aligned in a natural curve at the top of your spine, damage to it can cause painful problems. Chiropractors are also specialized in caring for victims of whiplash.

Characteristics of an Unhealthy Neck

  • Vertebrae that are misaligned
  • The supportive neck muscles are stretched, torn, or tight
  • Torn ligaments
  • Pinched, irritated, or stretched nerves
  • Bulged, ruptured, or worn down discs

Whiplash

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Whiplash injuries can cause severe discomfort and pain.

What is whiplash?

Whiplash is when your spine, usually your head and neck, are thrown very quickly and unexpectedly in one direction and then rebounds to the opposite direction (usually by accident or trauma). When this happens, an extreme example of vertebral subluxation occurs.

Whiplash Symptoms

You may experience one or all of these symptoms:

  • neck stiffness or soreness
  • headache
  • pain and/or numbness develops
  • tingling between shoulder blades, arm, hand, and/or fingers develops
  • dizziness
  • concussion