Suffering from upper neck and back pain may stop your activities of a normal day. The reason is the level of discomfort is different and it will affect everything in our life including standing, walking or any sort of moving and sitting.
The pain can limit our capabilities as well the movements. If you do nothing for the pain, it will get worse and let you suffer more as discomfort will increase only. Therefore, it is always better to consult a neck and back doctor near you. The pain limits the movement because the muscles of the immediate painful area get tensed for protecting the painful area. It limits any kind of movement. As a result it can make the muscles under the shoulder blade clenched giving you shoulder pain and headache.
Back and Neck Pain Causes
- Improper and heavy lifting, overuse of muscles, strenuous activities and repetitive activities
- Injury or other fractures
- Vertebrae degeneration led by stressed muscles and the ligaments that support the spine or the aging effect
- Infection
- Tumor, bone spur or other abnormal growth
- Obesity that pressures the spine
- Lack of toned muscle
- Muscle spasm or tension
- Sprain or strain
- Tore muscle or ligaments
- Joint problems like arthritis
- Smoking
- Herniated disc, protruding disc or pinched nerve
- Osteoporosis
- Birth abnormalities of your vertebrae and bones
- Abdominal problems
Symptoms of Pain
- In the back dull or sharp or burning pain. The pain can be confined at one spot or may cover a broad area
- Numbness in the leg, tingling in the knees (below or above)
- Stiff or ached spine or along the spine (it could be anywhere from the neck to the tailbone)
- Radiating sharp and shooting pain down the lower back to the buttocks and the back of the thigh, calf muscles and toes
- Persistent pain in the lower back especially after sitting or standing for a prolonged time.
Neck Pain Symptoms
- Tingling or numbness in arms
- Headache
- Pain in shoulders
- Sharp or shooting pain or dull pain
Prevention Tips
Cold Compress
Apply cold compress on the painful area. Use an ice pack or wrap ice in a plastic bag and wrap again a towel and place on the affected area. This is one of the finest methods suggested by neck and spine doctors.
Pain Reliever
If you can tolerate over-the-counter pain reliever like non-steroidal anti-inflammatory medicines, you can take them as instructed on the pack
Walk
Neck and spine doctors say that following a healthy posture while walking would help. A good way to maintain a good walking posture is imagining a line connected to the ceiling or the sky from your chest.
Following these tips will help you overcome the pain. However, in case the pain persists, contact our neck and back doctors at Neuroscience Specialists in OKC for help.
**Disclaimer- Information presented here is not intended to be qualified medical advice. Nothing expressed herein creates a doctor-patient relationship.