Region behind the neck called posterior neck, which is responsible for head movement and support to the head. Spasm in this region is most common, due to the pressure it feels. Skeletal structure, nerve roots, neck muscles form a structure when damaged generates tenderness sensation. The posterior neck region is built with complicated biometrics. Doesn’t allow the head to move when this region damaged. Nerve roots in this region are aroused from head and keen along the spinal cord. Posterior neck pain can make the head movements difficult and in severe patients have to take complete bed rest making them immobile.
Causes are plenty including bad postures, acute injuries or Whiplash and chronic injuries. Improper posture while working before a computer for long hours, sleeping a flat without no support or proper support include in bad postures. Car accidents or neck jerks while driving include acute injuries, mainly nerves would be affected in these injuries but no neck with stiffness is observed. Dislocations, spinal cord damage, and fractures are the most common things happen in acute injuries with which patients feel suffocated. The reasons for chronic injuries include driving a bike wearing a heavy helmet.
As the reasons and causes are very normal that everyone can come across these things in their lives, so posterior neck pain is also common independent of age. When neglect becomes severs denying a little head movement and patient become complete immobile need stick for complete bed rest. Various treatments are advisable from exercising to surgery depending on the severity and symptoms. Stiffness, suffocation while head moving, pinching sensation and may other include symptoms varying on the cause. But doctors first hear from the patient the symptoms they are experiencing and think about treatment. If the cause is bad posture, correcting the posture while sitting long hours and sleeping, with few suggestions the condition can be bought to normal
Mild aches can treated doing neck exercises and yoga, few therapists suggest therapeutic approaches like posterior neck massage through which nerves and muscles were relaxed. Improves blood circulation and gives tolerance strength. Whiplash is a common thing describing the behind collar affliction, causes due to sudden jerks and car accidents. Headache, shoulder spasm with stiffness feeling, dizziness, arm weakness with affliction include the symptoms. The initial suggestion would be preventing the injury further with a pause in head movement. The patient feels mild tenderness then by doing exercises, it can be cured, If it crosses mild then medicines are to be used, when become severe surgery help.
Chronic injuries happen due to the nerves and spinal cord issues. Repairing nerves, nerve tips, and spinal cord involve risky process. Surgeries are most expensive, oral medication can control the severity but side effects are observed, and exercise can show result but takes time, patients should have patience to see the results. Anyways few creams or gels or lotions would work for all causes. Both direct counter creams and compounded pain creams are available in the market. Compounded pain creams show more effective results with no side effects, whereas direct counter creams don’t have the same result for all its users.
