Neck PainRaleigh-Durham, Fayetteville & Surrounding North Carolina Cities
Neck pain is quite a common complaint, as around one-third of adults experience it each year. Physical therapy is one of the most effective treatment approaches to neck pain.
Our physical therapists at BreakThrough Physical Therapy are highly trained and experienced in helping resolve your symptoms of neck pain. They receive extensive education on the anatomy of the neck and how it should function optimally to be symptom-free.
Top Causes of Neck Pain
There are a variety of neck pain causes. The most common is cervical radiculopathy, whiplash after car accidents, poor posture or repetitive movement causing muscle or joint overuse, a herniated disc, degenerative disc disease (DDD), and cervical osteoarthritis. Cervical radiculopathy, disc herniation, DDD, and osteoarthritis occur within the spine and exiting spinal nerves. Depending on the severity of the dysfunction from these four conditions, physicians may recommend surgery or steroid injection to help reduce pain. The research states that total symptom resolution from seeing a physical therapist is not only possible, but it can also have the same or better outcomes as surgery! Symptoms of a neck problem with pain include numbness and tingling down the arm, arm weakness, sharp pain, neck stiffness, and headaches.
Treatments for Neck Pain
Other providers who treat neck pain may suggest surgery, adjustments to move the vertebrae in the neck, or steroid injections to make the pain more tolerable. Physical therapists will focus on reducing the cause of soreness by increasing the range of motion in the neck, shoulders, and upper back, creating more mobility to take pressure off of nerves and restoring muscle balance through exercise to prevent your neck pain from returning. Your physical therapist will teach you how to modify activities that will help accelerate your healing.
Find Neck Pain Solutions with Physical Therapy
If you are looking for neck pain help, come and see one of our experienced physical therapists at BreakThrough. We will collaborate with you, listen to your goals, and set up an individualized plan of care that fits into your lifestyle. Physical therapy focuses on the root cause, not just your symptoms, and the goal is to have long-term pain relief.
Who benefits from our Neck Pain Program?
We tailor our neck pain program to your specific needs. Treatment could include:
- Manual therapy to normalize your range of motion
- Hands on therapy and (soft tissue mobilization) to work on muscle tone
- Exercises to help normalize movement and increase strength
- Mobilization, a hands on technique to move the neck joints and muscles to calm pain and spasms
- Manipulation, a single, brief, quick, small movement to specific spots on your body
- Patient education
- Development of home treatment program