An Answer for Pain in the Shoulder and Neck
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By :
Noel Swanson
Submitted
2008-08-24 00:00:00 |
Structural degeneration is generally considered the main cause for pain in the shoulder and neck rather than the consequence of prolonged spinal compression over a prolonged period, however it would be unwise to disregard excessive compression within the soft tissue (predominantly muscles) as the predominant cause. Over the years, many have mistakenly concluded that their pain was exclusively due to spinal degeneration.
There are numerous causes for pain and suffering apart from spinal degeneration including those from specific injuries as well as non-specific gradual on-set conditions, and to deny these causes is to deny the sufferer a proven opportunity to rehabilitate and recover a former lifestyle.
Common is the incidence of pain in the neck/shoulder region that stems directly, or indirectly, from cervical spinal compression. Symptoms such as numbness, tingling, and a loss of strength and mobility are often associated with spinal compression. Compression of the cervical nervous system, being in close proximity to the brain stem, is a significant source of pain, and with reversal of the compression effectively reducing pain, such de-compression should seriously considered, particularly when surgery, long-term medication dependency or treatment dependency are not deemed viable.
Nerve compression can adversely influence either or both the sensory and the motor nerves rendering the sufferer in pain, immobilized, or both. In extreme cases, nerve compression can become so severe that all sensory communication is lost. This is catastrophic, although this type of injury is not the focus of this article. Importantly, as the nerves that emerge from the spinal cord feeding the shoulders, arms, hands and fingers at or near the point of emerging are compressed, the symptoms vary from dull and general, to sharp and localized.
This article has been written primarily to address the lesser, far more commonly experienced matter of nerve compression that thankfully is capable of being reversed, and as a consequence, pain reduced.
To varying degrees, numerous modalities are effective in decompressing the cervical spine, however almost all these modalities, particularly when required to be performed over a prolonged period, are inconvenient and require a significant financial, time and pain tolerance investment.
A factor that cannot be overstated is that most modalities treating neck and shoulder pain, do so on the basis of 1, 2, or 3 hours face-to-face treatment time/week. As stated, this may be effective however when considering the efficacy of going about the day's business in between treatments and the potential complications that might arise, a question should arise in the mind of the sufferer; "If I can do procedures for myself that have proven effective for a large number of people over extended periods of time, and I do those procedures every day, or several times every day, is that more likely to help me than 1, 2, or 3 hours/week?
Success with the treatment of neck and shoulder pain, a sufferer should wisely acquire a regime that can systematically and routinely be performed whenever and wherever required, and can be done without the need for expensive equipment or on-going treatment.
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Author Resource:-
Richard A. Convery is an expert on neck and back pain relief. Over many years he has been helping many thousands of people to alleviate their pain; shoulder neck, upper back pain . You can visit his blog at " target="_blank">http://back-neck-pain.blogspot.com"> neck and back pain as well as his website at pain; shoulder neck, upper back pain to learn more.
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