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Neck Injury

Neck injury can be a painful and slow healing ordeal for a patient. Cervical injuries can create pain, stiffness, and tingling in the neck, shoulders and upper back. The head acts as a weight placed on top of the neck. This weight is often a contributing factor to neck injury. When force is applied to the neck, the weight of the head will push or pull the neck beyond its normal range of movement, causing injury. This condition is commonly called whiplash. Full coverage of a variety of symptomatic cervical conditions can be found in my neck pain section.

Neck Injury

Types of Cervical Injuries

The most common form of cervical injury is damage to the muscles and ligaments in the neck. Back muscle pain is rarely serious, but can be horrifically agonizing. Herniated discs are also very common in the neck. Most people demonstrate cervical disc degeneration by the time they are 30 years old. Sometimes, this degeneration can contribute to the incidence, and severity of cervical disc injury. The vertebrae in the neck are lighter and thinner than elsewhere in the spine. Combine these traits with the wide range of movement the cervical vertebrae provide, and you have a good scenario for bone injury due to severe trauma. A fractured cervical vertebrae is commonly called a “broken neck”.

Treatment of Neck Injury

Most muscular injuries do not require formal treatment. Ice and heat combined with over the counter analgesics are sufficient for most injuries. Disc injuries may or may not cause pain. Even painful disc injuries usually get better with little or no treatment. Long term unresolved disc pain might actually be a disguised form of psychological back pain.

Bone injuries are more serious. The will usually require bracing or surgery to correct the damage. A broken vertebrae does not mean that the spinal cord has been damaged. Spinal cord injury in the neck is very serious, since most of the body’s functions occur below the cervical level. Complete spinal cord injury in the cervical spine can paralyze a patient from the neck down.

Recommendation for Neck Injuries

Neck injury can be a scary experience. Most cases will heal completely with little or no treatment. Other cases require expert medical care and some might leave the patient with lifelong effects. Regardless of the severity of your cervical injury, a positive mental state is crucial to insure a complete recovery.
Neck Injury to Back Pain Home 9/4/06 Revised 8/4/08

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