Things you should know about Cervicalgia (In English, neck pain)

Facts about Neck Pain

• Neck pain is also known as cervicalgia in the medical world.
• Neck pain occurs around your cervical spine area, which is your neck, and all of these muscles support your head.
• The cervical spine is made up from seven vertebrae (seven small shock-absorbing discs which piled up on top of each other, and are kept together by ligaments and muscles.
• Neck pain is common, however most of the sufferers do not seek care.
• One out of three people have had cervicalgia in the previous year.
• More than 50 percent of people will suffer from neck pain some time in their life.
• Most of neck sufferers get better within several weeks, this depends on many factors, how long the neck pain has been present especially.
• Keeping yourself active is the best way to avoid neck pain.
• Neck pain causes many work days lost as lower back pain.
• Neck pain can be caused by bad posture, injury, or muscle spasm, or degeneration(wear and tear)they are mechanical causes (bad posture, injury, or sprains), degeneration (wear and tear).
• Most common causes of neck pain include awkward sleeping or resting positions and pulling or reaching movements.
• Poor sitting postures, for example bend over forward can lead to discomfort feeling in the pain, also forward head posture, which is how we sit many times when we are at the computer.
• Long-term neck pain problems may happen because of discomfort is continuing over a period of time and nothing is done to correct it or  the pain can develop suddenly, like from a car accident.
•  Ask your doctor if massage therapy may be right for you, to help with your neck pain. Always see your doctor first.