Causes of Neck Pain

Neck pain is the most common condition after low back pain. The source of chronic neck pain sometimes cannot be detected despite today's technology. The causes of neck pain may be due to rheumatism. In addition, it may have mechanical, postural, chronic and muscular (muscle tissue) origins.

We can collect the causes of neck pain under four general headings;

Neck pain caused by biomechanics:

• Cervical spondylase : A disease that occurs as a result of small-scale trauma and recurs due to age, seen in people over the age of 40

• Axial neck pain: Disease originating from the joints, ligaments and muscles in the neck

• Cervical myolapathy: Spinal cord compression condition

• Radiclepathy: Inflammation of nerve root compression

• Whiplash injuries : These are whiplash injuries that usually occur as a result of accidents.

Rheumatological causes:

• Fibromyalgia: General Soft tissue rheumatism marked by muscle pain and chronic pain

• Rheumatoid arthritis: Joint inflammation

• Spondyloarthropathies: Vertebra, peripheral joint and Inflammatory condition in the structures around the joint

• Myofascial pain syndrome: Extra-articular rheumatism

• Diffuse idopathic Skeletal Hyperostosis: Calcification of tendons and joint capsules The disease causes hyperostosis and functional impairment due to its effect

• Polymyalgia Rheumatica: An inflammatory disease marked by shoulder and pelvic pain and morning stiffness in older people.

Metabolic causes:

• Gout: Disease caused by uric acid accumulation

• Pseudogout: It is a calcium pyrophosphate deposition disease. It is also called false gout.

• Osteoporosis: Bone melting

• Paget: Bone disease seen in the elderly

Various other causes:

• Torticollis: Crooked neck

• Bad posture: Bad posture

• Distonia

• Traumas

• Tumors

• Reflected mesh rilar

• Infections

People who complain of neck pain can generally complain of the same type of pain in other parts.

The common feature seen in a large proportion of patients experiencing neck pain is that they experience stress in their daily lives.

Although neck pain is not one of the causes, it has also been determined that women, as a gender, complain about this problem more.

When looking at the factors that may cause pain, it is seen that people with smoking habits and alcohol consumption experience more problems. The age and weight of the person experiencing the problem are also factors that may affect the pain.

The most obvious cause of pain is physical wrong movements. Chronic pain becomes more of a problem.

Rheumatic evaluation and treatment are also very important in neck pain of rheumatological origin.

 

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