Chiropractic Care for Neck Pain Relief

Neck Pain

Neck pain can occur as a result of a car accident—such as from whiplash, for example. Or, it can happen as a result of holding the head in the same position for too long, day after day. For instance, many computer users experience neck pain. Some people have neck pain from sports injuries as well. Regardless, whatever the reason, chiropractors can help people with neck pain.

How Can Popping My Neck Help?

Chiropractors don’t really "pop" a person’s neck. What a chiropractor will do is examine your neck and back, doing a thorough analysis of your entire spine. Then, he will figure out which of your vertebrae is out of line. Spinal misalignment is the true underlying cause of your neck pain, and your chiropractor will determine a method for putting your spine back into alignment. This will provide neck pain relief.

It Sounds Painful…

It isn’t painful. Chiropractic treatments are designed to relieve pain, not cause pain. The chiropractic doctor will not twist your neck, bend it back, or "pop" it. In fact, the treatment he does may not even seem as if it involves your neck—it may center on your back. However, it will still provide the neck pain relief that you need.

Back Treatment for Neck Pain Relief?

Think about it like this—your neck is connected to your back. Your spine runs from your tailbone all the way up to your neck. Since it is all connected, it makes sense that treating one part of it may affect another part, doesn’t it?

What your chiropractor will likely do is to have you lay on the examination table, face down. You will need to relax so that the treatment can work. Your muscles cannot be tense or clenched. Once you are relaxed, the chiropractor will thrust a force of energy at a specific point in your spine very quickly. This quick thrust is done in order to put your spine back into alignment.

You may hear some popping noises when the thrust is done—this is just oxygen and other gases being released by the joint. You will not feel any pain, other than the push from the thrust. This isn’t forceful enough to be like a punch—it is more like a shove.

Afterwards, you may experience immediate neck pain relief. Or, it may take a day or so to have relief from your neck pain. You may need to return for more treatments, too. This will depend upon your specific condition.