Neck Pain Relief Specialist
in Clear Lake Forest & Mason City, IA
If you’re struggling with neck pain, you understand how the condition can impact your life. That’s why at Optimum Health Clinics, we combine three comprehensive forms of treatment to ensure we tackle your pain as effectively as possible.
Whether you strained your neck during exercise, or you’re not sure where your chronic pain came from, our expert team of providers can help.
Schedule your appointment today and say goodbye to your neck pain.
What is Neck Pain?
Neck pain can come from a variety of sources ranging from poor posture to injury. Symptoms can occur immediately or take a little for you to notice the change in your neck.
Regardless of what started your neck pain, we at Optimum Health can help you get rid of it. We combine the power of integrative medicine, chiropractic care, and medical injections to effectively address the root cause of your pain.
If you’re suffering from chronic or severe neck pain, schedule an appointment today. Our staff is ready to work with you to alleviate your condition.
Common Causes of Chronic Neck Pain
Understanding the potential causes of neck pain can help you prevent it in the future. For those already experiencing neck problems, it can be helpful to understand the causes in order to identify what may have caused your condition. Neck pain is often the result of one of a variety of factors:
Poor Posture
Spending prolonged periods looking down at a phone or hunched over a laptop leads to posture issues and pain.
Muscle Strain
Muscle strain from exercises, overuse, or other instances of strain can lead to chronic neck pain.
Injuries
Injuries as a result of sports or exercise can cause chronic pain and instability in the neck.
Degenerative Conditions
Arthritis and other degenerative conditions can cause neck pain and other chronic conditions.
Pinched Nerves
Pinched nerves can be caused by a herniated disc or a compression of the vertebrae in the neck.
What symptoms
does neck pain cause?
Symptoms of neck pain can vary in type and severity. Some of the symptoms that benefit from an evaluation at Optimum Health Clinics include:
Stiffness
Sharp Pain
Dull Pain
Muscle Tightness
Headaches
Numbness
Tingling
Dizziness
Vertigo
Clicking or Grinding Sounds in the Neck
Treatments
What are the Treatment Options for Neck Pain?
WHAT TREATMENTS ARE AVAILABLE TO PATIENTS WITH NECK PAIN?
Optimum Health Clinics offers different types of treatment, each serving a different purpose. Some of the treatments you may be recommended include:
Through the use of gentle chiropractic adjustments and other forms of chiropractic care, providers can treat your neck pain by realigning your spine.
Platelet‒rich plasma (PRP) injections can encourage healing in damaged tissue in the neck, helping to ease pain.
A local anesthetic is administered to the target muscle, which eases pain and helps the muscle to relax. This makes healing trigger points easier.
Frequently Asked Questions
What is the most common reason for neck pain?
While there isn’t one definitive cause of neck pain, today stress and poor posture are the most common causes. Poor posture, like hunching over a laptop at work, and stress can cause muscle tightness and other conditions that can lead to neck pain.
How do I know if my neck pain is serious?
Experiencing higher levels of pain or symptoms that have a major impact on your life are typical indicators of a more serious condition. Taking action sooner than later can help to minimize the impact and severity of your condition on your life.
What treatment is best for neck pain?
Visiting a provider like Optimum Health Clinics is often the best treatment for chronic neck pain. A good provider can identify the underlying cause of your pain and work with you to treat the problem. Even after treating it, the provider can help you understand why the pain started in the first place so you can avoid repeat problems.
Does neck pain ever go away?
Minor instances of neck pain will usually go away on their own. In more severe cases of neck pain, though, chiropractic care will likely be required.
