What Works in Treating Neck Pain? Exercise Ranks High.
In patients with non-specific neck pain, exercise improved patients 55% at discharge from care and 44% one year later. Poor outcome was predicted by pain-related medication intake in the short and long term and by catastrophizing in the long term. (6) In a study of office workers with non-specific neck pain, researchers compared exercise types. For prevention of non-specific neck pain, no singular exercise type was identified as being effective. For treating neck pain, strong evidence indicated the effectiveness of muscle strengthening and endurance exercises. For reducing neck pain disability, moderate evidence supported the use of muscle endurance exercise. (7) Therapies involving manual therapy and exercise are more effective than other alternative strategies for patients with neck pain. (8)
In Easley Young Chiropractic will work with you to determine the right neck exercise program. Simple neck exercises you can do anywhere require only your own hand-resistance. After your consultation with Young Chiropractic, do the neck pain relief strengthening exercises consistently and correctly to notice a difference. |
For the neck pain patient who likes to work with equipment, simple headband resistance exercises are reported to increase neck muscle strength by 110%. (9)
In Easley Discuss Neck Pain Relieving Exercise with Young Chiropractic
Whatever the neck exercise program, Young Chiropractic will show you how to exercise properly and check your progress toward improved neck muscle strength and neck muscle endurance. Be sure to discuss the neck pain exercises with Young Chiropractic first. Researchers wrote that too vigorous an exercise may aggravate rather than help low back pain patients.(10) That may apply to neck pain patients as well, so talk with us at your next appointment.
Contact Young Chiropractic to discuss your neck pain condition and set a neck pain relief exercise program that will benefit you most.
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