Neck Pain

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A woman with neck pain Neck problems are normally caused by poor posture, an accident or in many cases, can start for no obvious reason.

Your neck problem may cause hot, burning, shooting or stabbing pains in your neck and sometimes into one or both of your arms. You may also get pins and needles. This can be due to nerve pain.

Neck problems are rarely due to any serious disease or damage.

Most neck problems settle within six weeks. You will not normally need an X-ray or an MRI scan.

Facts and figures

  • It is normal for the discs and the joints in your neck to become worn as you get older. This is sometimes called cervical spondylosis.
  • One of the main causes of neck problems is poor posture.
Your neck problem can sometimes cause hot, burning, shooting, or stabbing in your shoulders or into one or both of your arms. This can be due to nerve pain.

If you have any of this, you may be able to take other, more appropriate medication. You should speak to your doctor about this if you have these pains for more than one week.

Your neck problem can also cause headaches or dizziness. You should discuss these with your doctor if they have not improved within six weeks.
 

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A selection of Common Ailments and their Treatments, together with some Alternative Therapies.
A Acupressure Acupuncture Addison's Disease Alexander Technique Ankylosing Spondylitis
  Anxiety Disorders Apitherapy Appendicitis Applied Kinesiology Arachnoiditis
  Aromatherapy Arthritis      
  Ayurveda        
B Back Pain Bells Palsy Biofeedback Burns  
C Cancer Pain Carpal Tunnel Syndrome Central Pain Syndrome Cervical Spondylosis Chelation Therapy
  Chinese Medicine Chiropractic Care Chronic Fatigue Syndrome   Colour Therapy
  Complex Regional Pain Syndrome Craniosacral Therapy Crohn's Disease etc Cushing's Syndrome  

D

Dementia

Depression

Dupuytren's Contracture

    

E

Environmental Medicine

Exercise and Fitness

      

F

Feldenkrais

Fibromyalgia

Flower Essences

Foot Pain

Frozen Shoulder

G

Guided Imagery

 

      
H Healthy Indulgences Heart Attack Heart Disease Heel Pain Herbs and Herbal Medicine
  Hernia (Hiatus) Hernia (Inguinal) High Blood Pressure Homeopathy Huntington's Disease
  Hydrotherapy Hypnotherapy      
I Iridology Irritable Bowel Syndrome      

J

          

K

          
L Leg Cramps Light Therapy Low Blood Pressure Lupus Lyme Disease
M Magnetic Therapy Massage Therapy Meditation Ménière's Disease Migraine and Headache
  Morton's Neuroma Multiple Sclerosis Music & Sound Therapy Musculoskeletal Pain Myofascial Pain
N Naturopathic Medicine Neck Pain Nerve Pain Neuralgia Neurofibromatosis
  Neuromyelitis Optica        
O Osteoarthritis Osteopathy Osteoporosis Otitis Externa Otitis Media
 

Oxygen & Ozone Therapy

        
P Pain & Chronic Pain Panic Attacks Parkinson's Disease Period Pain Peripheral Neuropathy
  Phantom Limb Pain Physiotherapy Pinched Nerve Polarity Therapy Polymyalgia Rheumatica
  Prolotherapy Psoriatic Arthritis      
Q Qigong        
R Raynaud's Disease Reactive Arthritis Reflexology Reiki Relaxation
  Repetitive Strain Injury Rheumatoid Arthritis Rickets Rolfing  
S Sciatica Scoliosis Shiatsu Massage Shingles Shoulder Pain
  Slipped Disc Sports Injuries Sprains and Strains Stroke  
T Tai Chi Temporomandibular Disorders Tendonitis Tennis Elbow Tens Machine
  Therapeutic Touch Tietze's Syndrome Tinnitus Trager Approach Transient Ischaemic Attack
  Trigger Finger        

U

Uveitis

        

V

          

W

Whiplash Injury

 

      
X          
Y Yoga        
Z          

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