What are the symptoms of stiff neck?

summary

If we develop a reasonable sleep habit in our life, our body will be fully relaxed and can work the next day actively and effectively. However, some people have great changes in their sleep posture and pillow selection, which will lead to neck pain, neck movement limitation and other pillow performance. What are the symptoms of stiff neck? Let's talk about it

What are the symptoms of stiff neck?

Stiff neck, or "loss of pillow", is a common disease, which often occurs in young adults, especially in winter and spring. The common pathogenesis of stiff neck is that there are no symptoms before going to sleep, but after getting up in the morning, I feel obvious pain in the nape and back, and the neck movement is limited. This shows that the disease starts after sleep and is closely related to the sleeping pillow and sleeping posture.

The clinical manifestations of stiff neck are sudden sensation of the back of neck in the morning, pain and discomfort in the upper back, mostly in one side, or pain in both sides, or one focus, light in one side. Most patients can think of the poor sleep position last night, or cold and other factors. Because of pain, neck movement is not good, can't rotate freely, serious pitching also have difficulty, even head rigidity in abnormal position, make the head to the sick side. During the examination, there was tenderness in the neck muscles, spasm and stiffness in the superficial muscles, and there was a "cord feeling" to the touch.

A stiff neck is not necessarily confined to the neck. The pain of a stiff neck can radiate to the shoulders or the whole back, and it can make it feel very difficult to turn the head in all directions. Swelling of the neck or shoulders is another common symptom, often accompanied by a feeling of pain.

matters needing attention

1. Massage pain area: if you want to relieve muscle pain, massage is a good way, you can find a special chiropractor to help. 2. Practice an extended range of motion: this will speed up the movement of your neck again. Slowly move your neck from left to right and from top to bottom. The key to exercise is to do these exercises gently and slowly, otherwise it will aggravate the symptoms of stiff neck.