Written by Kim Grundy, PT | Reviewed by Sanjai Sinha, MD Published on December 21, 2022 Key takeaways: Muscle strain, age-related changes, and sleeping in the wrong position may cause neck pain. Research shows that sleeping on your back or side may ease neck pain. A medium-firm mattress and a supportive pillow can help keep...
JOHNS HOPKINS MEDICINE FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Researchers from Johns Hopkins Medicine and several other institutions say they have developed a quick clinical test that predicts which people with neck pain are more likely to benefit from epidural steroid injections, which deliver drugs directly around the spinal nerves to stop nerve inflammation and reduce pain. The...
EXPERIMENTAL BIOLOGY IMAGE: MOBILE LABORATORY TENTS USED TO COLLECT ON-FIELD DATA. CREDIT: INTEGRATIVE HUMAN PHYSIOLOGY AT RUTGERS UNIVERSITY Philadelphia (April 5, 2022) – In a new study, many athletes reported symptoms that are often used to diagnose concussions even though they did not suffer a head injury. The findings suggest that some symptoms, such as fatigue...
The study primarily includes industrial workers and employees in jobs with a lot of physical activity, such as nurses, cleaners and people in service professions who are required to stand a lot. Moving more and sitting less has been the ongoing mantra, but this study comes to some different conclusions. “Regular physical activity is still...
by Christian Worsfold, The Conversation If you suffer from neck pain, you’re not alone. Spinal pain is one of the leading causes of disability worldwide and its occurrence has increased dramatically over the past 25 years. While most episodes of neck pain are likely to get better within a few months, half to three-quarters of...
A crick in the neck makes the neck feel stiff and less mobile than usual. Some people report that a crick also feels like something in the neck needs to pop into place. A crick in the neck can be temporary or chronic. It is often painless but may be connected to the chronic neck...
