Neck Pain and Chiropractic Treatment

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Neck Pain and Chiropractic Treatment

Chiropractic care in Brampton is a health care profession dedicated to the non-surgical treatment of disorders of the nervous system and/or musculoskeletal system. Generally, chiropractors in Brampton maintain a unique focus on spinal manipulation and treatment of surrounding structures.

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Neck Pain and Chiropractic 

Our neck, also called the cervical spine, begins at the base of the skull and contains seven small vertebrae. Incredibly, the cervical spine supports the full weight of your head, which is on average about 12 pounds. While the cervical spine can move your head in nearly every direction, this flexibility makes the neck very susceptible to pain and injury.

The neck’s susceptibility to injury is due in part to biomechanics. Activities and events that affect cervical biomechanics include extended sitting, repetitive movement, accidents, falls and blows to the body or head, normal aging, and everyday wear and tear. Neck pain can be very bothersome, and it can have a variety of causes.

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Here are some of the most typical causes of neck pain:

• Injury and Accidents: A sudden forced movement of the head or neck in any direction and the resulting “rebound” in the opposite direction is known as whiplash. The sudden “whipping” motion injures the surrounding and supporting tissues of the neck and head. Muscles react by tightening and contracting, creating muscle fatigue, which can result in pain and stiffness. Severe whiplash can also be associated with injury to the intervertebral joints, discs, ligaments, muscles, and nerve roots. Car accidents are the most common cause of whiplash.Neck pain treatment in Brampton main concern is to heal naturally.
• Growing Older: Degenerative disorders such as osteoarthritis, spinal stenosis, and degenerative disc disease directly affect the spine.
• Osteoarthritis, a common joint disorder, causes progressive deterioration of cartilage. So the body reacts by forming bone spurs that affect joint motion.
• Spinal stenosis causes the small nerve passageways in the vertebrae to narrow, compressing and trapping nerve roots. Stenosis may cause neck, shoulder, and arm pain, as well as numbness, So when these nerves are unable to function normally.
• Degenerative disc disease can cause reduction in the elasticity and height of intervertebral discs. Over time, a disc may bulge or herniate, causing tingling, numbness, and pain that runs into the arm. Physiotherapy exercises for neck pain gives positive results.
• Daily Life: Poor posture, obesity, and weak abdominal muscles often disrupt spinal balance, causing the neck to bend forward to compensate. Stress and emotional tension can cause muscles to tighten and contract, resulting in pain and stiffness. Postural stress can contribute to chronic neck pain and symptoms extending into the upper back and the arms. Neck physiotherapy exercises is very helpful.

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Examples of commonly employed gentle chiropractic techniques include (but not limited to):

Cervical mobilization: The patient usually lying on his or her back and relaxed while the chiropractor manually moves the vertebra in the neck left to right, and vice versa, alternating between the side to side motion and a figure 8 movement, applied at varying degrees of moving the head forward, backward, and to the side and in rotation.

This a smooth, non-thrust type of stretch, with the goal of reducing fixations or areas motion restricted between the cervical spinal segments. Also oscillatory movement with the hands also frequently utilized during cervical spine mobilization.

Cervical manual traction: The patient is usually lying face up or sitting, or less commonly prone.

The chiropractor gently pulls on the neck, stretching the cervical spine often varying the angle between flexion (forward) and extension (backward). Based on comfort and searching for the correct angle to most efficiently reduce the tightness.

So, this technique often combined with mobilization, switching between the two and/or doing both simultaneously.

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