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Persistent Pain
Continuous or intermittent stabbing or burning pain at the back of the neck.
Headache
Pain traveling from the back of the head to the top.
Radiculopathy
Shooting pain, numbness, and tingling sensation traveling down from the neck to the arms and fingers.
Restricted Range
Inability to move neck to the right and left and side to side more than a certain restricted range.
Physical Strain
Overusing your neck muscles during repetitive or strenuous activities can lead to stiffness and pain.
Injury
Trauma and other injuries can cause damage to your spinal cord's muscles, ligaments, discs, vertebral joints, and nerve roots, resulting in neck pain. Whiplash is a common injury that causes neck pain in car accidents.
Poor Posture
Poor alignment can contribute to neck pain. Neck pain is commonly caused by straining your neck to view a computer screen for extended periods of time.
Older age
Natural wear and tear can cause parts of your cervical spine to deteriorate or degenerate as you age, causing pain. Neck pain can be caused by degenerative conditions such as osteoarthritis (wearing down of joint cartilage) and spinal stenosis (narrowing of the spaces in your spine).
Pathological issues
Neck pain is a symptom of many health conditions, including meningitis, rheumatoid arthritis, and cancer.
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