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to pain your spine. therapy is a better treatment what are advanced
• Pain that is worse in the • Stop smoking. than surgery and use of opioid techniques used at
morning or at night • Discuss your occupation with pain medications for reliev- dynamic Physical therapy
• Difficulty sleeping due to a physical therapist, who can ing neck pain in many cases. practice to treat neck
pain provide an analysis of your Physical therapy often helps to pain?
job tasks and offer sugges- avoid use of such medications
How can i prevent neck pain ? tions for reducing your risk and need of surgery altogeth- Myofascial release tech-
To prevent neck pain, people of injury. er. niques - are advanced manual
should: To prevent recurrence of neck Your physical therapist will techniques wherein your phys-
• Maintain good posture pain, follow the above advice, work with you to understand ical therapist will apply sus-
(avoid slouching) at all and: the physical stresses your work tained pressure and /or stretch
times. That means keeping • Continue the new posture or daily activities are causing, in a measured and effective
the spine and head in prop- and movement habits that and design a specific treatment way. Myofascial release tech-
er alignment during sitting, you learned from your phys- program to help heal neck pain niques are one of the most ef-
standing, and all daily activ- ical therapist to keep your in a matter of a few weeks. Ex- fective ways of drug free pain
ities. back healthy. pect to perform simple neck relief.
• Keep your muscles strong • Continue to do your home-ex- movements, apply heat or ice Spinal decompression ther-
and flexible. Participate in a ercise program as taught to packs, do postural exercises, apy - using mechanical distrac-
consistent program of phys- you by your physical thera- use different physical modal- tion dre pressurize your spine
ical activity to maintain a pist. This will help maintain ities including clinical ultra- and leave some breathing
healthy fitness level. your improvements. sound and interferential cur- room for spinal nerves leading
• Use proper body mechanics • Continue to be physically ac- rents and some exercises to do to healing and pain relief.
when lifting, pushing, pull- tive and stay fit. at home too. Electrodiagnostics - use
ing, or performing any action Physical therapy treatment of Electromyography (EMG)
that puts extra stress on your How Physical Therapy helps will ensure that your flexibility and Nerve Conduction Veloci-
spine. in neck pain? and mobility is back to normal ty (NCS) studies help us to de-
• Maintain a healthy weight. Recent evidence based re- and you return to an active fine the scope and severity of
This will reduce the stress on search has shown that Physical lifestyle in no time. your neck pain.

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