Why can a neck be sick behind

The cervical spinal column is more subject to various problems and injuries-due to a high P, the first sign of most diseases and any injuries is pain that occurs behind.

How and where exactly can the neck be sick behind?

Pain in the back of the neck can appear differently.First of all, sensations are divided into several types (depending on the place of their manifestation:

1. Visceral: develops as a result of problems with internal organs below the neck.
2. Somatic: develops as a result of injuries of the spinal column.
3. Central: develops as a consequence of damage to the central nervous system.
4. Neuropathic: it develops due to impaired work of the peripheral or central nervous system, if they are caused by improper activity of neurons.

This can be felt as follows:

1. Pain in muscle fibers.They can arise both on both sides and on one - right or left.
2. The pain behind the neck, radiating to other parts of the body: to the back of the head (base of the skull), in the head, in the shoulder joint, in the arm, in the ear.
3. Pain in the fabrics.

Most often, painful sensations arise in combination with other symptoms.

1. Dizziness.
2. Reducing sensitivity, numbness of the hands (the most felt at the fingertips).
3. Headache.
4. Darkening in the eyes.

Unpleasant sensations in time of manifestation can be:

1. Chronic.In this case, the neck hurts from behind constantly.The intensity may change: weaken (for example, after the use of painkillers) and increase.
2. Sharp.Appear after a complete absence.Usually indicate the appearance of problems, or to exacerbate the existing disease.They can manifest both without obvious reasons, and after some actions or situations (sharp movement, hypothermia, injury).

Possible reasons

The neck can get sick behind (on the right, left, with return to other parts of the body) for a number of reasons:

1. Sudden head movements, especially if they are done after sitting/lying in one position.
2. Smoping of the neck.
3. A long stay in an uncomfortable position (lying, sitting, standing - it doesn’t matter).A particularly relevant factor for persons leading a sedentary lifestyle or having a sitting or standing work.
4. Incorrectly selected pillow.
5. Injuries of the cervical spinal column, muscles or ligaments are “fresh” or received for a long time (in case of improper or inferior treatment, or if the injury was too serious, and the body did not recover to the end).
6. Rheumatic diseases.
7. Pathologies of the cervical spine, muscles or ligaments - congenital or acquired.
8. A number of other diseases: lymphadenitis, a stall abscess, some infectious pathologies (poliomyelitis, osteomyelitis, tetanus), connective tissue diseases.
9. Diseases of internal organs (primarily the gastrointestinal tract or heart), in which pain can be given to the neck.
10. Psychological factors: stress, tension, depression.Strong experiences lead to neurotic pain.

Separately, it is worth highlighting a number of pathologies of the bone-muscular system, in which pain in the back of the neck most often appears:

1. Muscle cramps:They arise due to a long uncomfortable position of the head (including when a person sleeps).
2. Osteochondrosis:Loss of elasticity of intervertebral discs.Pain in the neck with radiation in the back of the head and head is the first sign of this pathology.They usually appear constantly, or after careless movements of the head.
3. Protency and hernia.The main factor leading to pain in the neck on the right or left, or on both sides.Often pain can be given to the shoulder joint, and accompanied by numbness of the hands.

How to eliminate pain?

The main advice: if the neck hurts from behind (in a child or adult, it doesn’t matter), and the reason for these sensations is unclear - first of all, you should seek medical help.For an accurate diagnosis, you will need to undergo an X -ray, MRI, CT or ultrasound - depending on the full clinical picture.

The following methods are used to facilitate pain:

1. Exercise therapy(Performing exercises).For the cervical department, the set of exercises is small, and is limited to inclinations and rotation of the head.The key rule - movements should be made smoothly, slowly and carefully.
2. The right choice of mattress and pillows.It is especially true if the pains are clearly felt after sleep.
3. Massage.It can be performed both by a professional masseur and independently - you can easily reach the neck.Massage procedures are used for most diseases of the musculoskeletal system, and in rehabilitation after injuries.
4. Drug therapy(tablets, ointments, injections).
5. Physiotherapeutic procedures.

Please note:The above methods are used as symptomatic treatment.For the complete elimination of pain, it is necessary to identify and cure the disease itself.