Chiropractic Care for Neck Pain
Your neck has an impressive job. With only seven small vertebrae and a wide range of motion, it has to support around 12 pounds through all of your daily activities. It’s no wonder this body area is prone to injury. There are many causes of neck pain.
An accident or injury can induce whiplash when the neck is forced beyond its normal range of motion. This may draw to mind a car accident, but whiplash can occur when you bump your head or because you held the phone between your ear and shoulder for too long as you multi-tasked.
Neck pain also occurs as a result of degeneration including osteoarthritis, spinal stenosis and degenerative disc disease. We all incur some amount of degeneration as we age, but much of this is preventable. Another preventable aspect of neck pain is our everyday lives. So many things contribute to poor spinal health and neck pain:
• Poor posture
• Obesity
• Weak core muscles
• Stress
• Poor nutrition
• Overuse or misuse of the neck
Neck pain can also lead to other symptoms such as cervicogenic headaches (headaches due to neck problems), radiating pain in the shoulders and upper back and dizziness.
Dr. Kevin Goyke can help ease your neck pain and prevent further degeneration by restoring cervical spinal health through a number of treatments. At Goyke Health Center, we offer our patients excellent care for neck pain through cervical adjustment to improve spinal mobility and range of motion. Our patients notice an improvement in neck function as well as reduction in pain, soreness and stiffness. In addition, we may incorporate other treatment modalities such as mobilization, massage, rehabilitative exercises and advice on posture, nutrition, ergonomics and relaxation techniques.
Please call Goyke Health Center, your Naperville, IL chiropractor, TODAY for a FREE exam and x-ray.
