Neck pain or stiffness is usually due to tension or muscle spasms, caused by poor posture or minor injuries. You suffer from stiff neck and shoulders when seated leaning in front of the computer for a long time, or wake up with a stiff neck when sleep restless. The pain can be felt up to the head, shoulders, arms or upper back and getting worse when turned sideways, upwards or downwards. Pain and stiffness can also be due to injuries, arthritis in the spine, or other diseases.
If you are experiencing problems like this, hopefully the following tips can help overcome the problem of pain and stiffness in the neck, and usually get better within 2-3 days.
- Forward activities as usual as far as the pain can be detained. If the pain is bad, you need to rest the neck a day, or two days.
- Special collar neck can support your neck. Create collar with rolled up hand towel and insert it into one of the tights, then wrap it in around your neck. Use the collar in just a short time, and do not use the whole night.
- Do the exercises slowly neck as soon as you can.
- Drinking pain medication.
- To reduce muscle spasms, stand under a warm shower or a warm compress back of the neck for 15 minutes for several hours.
- Use pillows buttresses on the bed. Alternatively, create a pillow supporting the neck by tying a scarf in the middle of the pillow so that the shape of a butterfly. Put your head in the most narrow part.
- Visit your doctor if, pain or stiffness gets worse, or problems do not diminish after 2-3 days.
Practical techniques neck exercises to reduce stiffness
- Standing upright, or sit on the edge of a chair looking straight ahead. Drop your head to one side, towards your shoulders. Keep your shoulders low.
- Keep for a few seconds, then straighten your head back. Repeat to the other side in the same way.
- Repeat the exercise five times each side. About three times a day. Train although the pain but do not in force.
- Gradually add the range of movement. Stop immediately, if pain increases or if it starts spreading to the arm or hand.