What causes neck pain?
Neck pain can result from several disorders, injuries, or diseases, such as:
- Muscle strain
- Arthritis
- Temporomandibular joint disease (TMJ)
- Poor sleeping position
- Pinched nerve
- Herniated disc
- Injury
- Whiplash
- Fibromyalgia
- Osteoporosis
- Spinal stenosis
Some risk factors for neck pain include playing contact sports, horse riding, high-intensity exercise, and auto accidents.
How is neck pain diagnosed?
The best way to treat neck pain is to find out exactly what’s causing it and why. The Paladin Chiropractic team uses several diagnostic techniques to determine the root of your pain. Some of the most common diagnostic methods to find the cause of neck pain are:
- X-rays
- Computed tomography scan (CT)
- Magnetic resonance imaging (MRI)
- Nerve conduction studies (NCS)
- Discography
- Selective nerve root block
Once the Paladin Chiropractic team understands the cause of your neck pain, they can design an effective treatment plan to relieve your pain.
How is neck pain treated?
The practitioners at Paladin Chiropractic are well-trained in multiple chiropractic techniques to resolve neck pain, including:
Grostic Procedure
The Grostic Procedure is a low-force chiropractic technique that uses highly accurate X-ray imaging to pinpoint the exact cervical vertebrae that’s causing you pain. This fast, effective procedure is gentle compared to a traditional chiropractic adjustment and relies on hands-on manipulation to restore balance to the cervical spine in your neck.
Activator Method
The Activator Method® is both a diagnostic and treatment technique that relieves neck pain. It uses a small, handheld device to deliver gentle force to the spine. This helps improve motion in the affected vertebrae or joint, effectively relieving chronic neck pain.
Diversified chiropractic adjustment
The Diversified Technique uses short, quick force over the neck joint that’s causing you pain to restore range of motion and relieve pain.
Thompson Drop
The Thompson Drop relies on a drop table to provide low force chiropractic adjustments. This technique is especially helpful for patients with an inward neck curvature.
Electrical stimulation
Electrical stimulation is a noninvasive procedure that delivers electrical currents into your tight or damaged neck muscles to relieve tension and reduce pain.
Graston soft tissue therapy
The Graston Technique® is an instrument-assisted treatment that allows your practitioner to treat scar tissue and neck pain caused by fibromyalgia, cervical pain, carpal tunnel syndrome, and more.
Neck pain shouldn’t stop you from enjoying your life. Call the expert chiropractic team at Paladin Chiropractic or book an appointment online today.
