A friend of mine used to joke about a co-worker. Whenever a particular relative of the co-worker would call, she would develop neck pain which would worsen throughout the day and even cause her to miss work the next day.

My friend among with her other co-workers thought she is trying project the pain for attention. They even thought she is making a drama

It wasn't until my friend started suffering from stress induced headaches that she realized how much in common neck pain and headache pain can be and how they can oftentimes intertwine.

Like headaches, most people will experience neck pain at least once in their lives. Also like headaches, for most people, neck pain is temporary and annoying, not debilitating.

For some people it may dull and can last of many weeks. And for some one it may be sharp and temporary in nature.

Symptoms can include: sharp or dull pain in the neck, a "stiff" feeling in the neck, dizziness, difficulty swallowing, gland swelling and shoulder, back or headache pain on the same side as the neck pain.

Neck is mostly caused by bad posture or over using the support muscles around the neck.

Neck pain can also be caused by disease (arthritis, degenerative disc disease) or trauma (whiplash, pinched nerve).

Neck pain because of stress is not known to many people or not heard by many people. That is because the cause of the pain in tangible.

With economic concerns, demands on your time from your job, family, friends or a combination of those, it's no wonder that the body has trouble "letting go." The muscle tension fails to ease and pain and stiffness become the natural result.

In addition one can include stress symptoms such as insomnia and stress may lead to poor posture at work and in bed. You should always find a solution to stress, if you don't the pain will be escalated and may even turn chronic.

Ways to help reduce the stress which is causing the pain include eating a healthy diet, regular exercise to relax such as yoga, avoid over indulging in alcohol and taking at least 10 minutes for yourself each day. Even if this is simply putting your feet up and telling yourself to "relax."

Regardless of your reason for neck pain, I highly recommend my Neck Pain Relief program. There is no strain involved, the exercises are simple to do and best of all, they don't stress the already injured neck muscles.

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