Cervical Neck Pain.

• Disc pain: Is usually a sharp pain over the disc in your neck affected. It can be central, right or left sided depending on what aspect of the disc is injured or prolapsing. It can be associated with arm pain or pins and needles and numbness if it is compressing a nerve in your neck.
  
  Depending on the degree of disc damage, it can be a mild or a severe problem. It requires medical and physiotherapy attention.



• Muscles pain: Is usually a deep ache in your neck muscles associated with movement in a specific direction. It can involve sharp pain if the muscle has gone into spasm. It is eased by rest and aggravated by movement. This pain responds well to physiotherapy and heat treatments. It may self-resolve without treatment within 48-72 hours. Seek medical attention if it exceeds this time frame.



• Ligament pain: Is associated with whiplash injuries, where the ligaments of your neck are damaged in the whiplash motion. It is commonly associated with road traffic accidents. The pain is usually worse after rest and eases with movement. It responds well to physiotherapy treatment and should not be ignored.




• Nerve pain: Is a deep sharp achy pain associated with a nerve being pinched in your neck. The severity of the pain will depend on the degree and cause of the compression. Nerve pain in the neck requires immediate attention.



• A combination of all the above: Is a common presentation in my physiotherapy practice. All the structures of the neck are closely connected physically, so when one structure is injured, other structures will often be affected also.

Back from Cervical Neck Pain to Neck and Shoulder Pain.

Back from Cervical Neck Pain to Back Pain Relief Homepage.