Neck Pain

Neck ache has taken on new meaning for me as I have suffered a development, then escalation of it in recent years. While the symptoms can be severe, they hold less power over me now, since I am well prepared to deal with them after decades of coping with chronic pain in one form or another!

Neck Pain Conditions

It is crucial to understand that degeneration is completely normal in the neck, since it is an area which is called upon to provide a vast range of motion under stress throughout our lives. However, these degenerative conditions have never proven to be inherently pain-inducing.

Cervical injury can cause severe agony and related neurological symptoms which might create life-altering disability in the worst cases.

A great number of long-term treatment resistant cervical pain syndromes are caused by a psychosomatic back pain condition using ischemia as the cause of nerve and muscle agony. These are the conditions rarely correctly diagnosed as being what they truly are, leading to the horrific curative statistics we see demonstrated by many medical therapy options. Remember, if the therapy is NOT targeting the true case, then how can it ever be expected to work?

Chronic Neck Pain

Patients with chronic cervical pain have often been misdiagnosed by their doctor, which explains why so many treatment options have failed them. If you have tried a variety of indicated neck treatments with no success, or find your pain steadily worsening despite treatment, there is a good chance that your pain is being blamed on a scapegoat condition. This means that some coincidental structural condition exists in your spine, but it is not likely to be the cause of your pain.

New diagnostic guidelines have informed doctors NOT to diagnose pain by linking it to structural issues discovered on diagnostic imaging studies without intensive study of the conditions. Furthermore, these same guidelines reinforce the many long-standing studies which demonstrate little, if any, link between neck pain and these same structural abnormalities. Patients who understand the concept of nonstructural neck ache often turn to knowledge therapy to try an alternative treatment for their cervical complaints.

This is not to say that all neck pain can be resolved through such mindbody means. Sometimes, truly serious structural issues exist and must be dealt with in order to find a cure. Doctors are much better at solving these anatomical pain conditions and this is why some people do actually fare very well after appropriate therapy, surgery or other indicated care options.

Recommendation on Neck Pain

I discovered that much of my pain was the direct result of oxygen deprivation, including my neck, back, knees and wrists. I cured my pain and enjoyed many good years without suffering each and every day. Life was much better without occasional nagging cervical pain to contend with.

However, my personal hell returned and took up residence in my neck worse than ever the second time around. Now, I would consider my neck to be just as susceptible to pain, stiffness and nerve symptoms as my lower back, if not more so. It is no fun, but is not as bad with the knowledge I have gained over the years to assist me in dealing with it.

It took me some time to understand that pain can return from many processes. At this stage, I do have some neck pain, sourced by a combination of life factors and anatomical issues. However, knowledge therapy has served me well, by providing me with the ability to differentiate the symptoms which can be fixed by myself from those which require professional monitoring or even treatment. This is a blessing in itself. It takes the fear out of the condition, which as we all know, is half the battle.

I continue to work diligently to help you, as well as help myself. Let's hope we can both get better with time and effort!