How to get rid of chronic neck pain?

Nowadays, chronic neck pain is experienced by almost everybody, especially who sit in front of computer for long hours. If you experience a sore or stiffness in your neck you should not ignore it as it is through pain the body indicates that you need to change your routine or your body mechanics. Since you get so busy with your office work, you tend to not take it into consideration. But remember, of you don't pay attention to your body's signal of need for rest then you may have to encounter worse scenarios because the pain may become severe, leading to inflammation. By this time your antibodies are done with their best to curb the pain and so you are in a position to take immediate action to get relief from your neck pain.

Rather than treating the neck pain it is wise to prevent it, and all you need to do is sit straight. This way you put less stress on your neck, back, and spinal muscles. When you sit for longer period in your workplace and if you feel stiff then you can arch your back up to 10 times. Repeating it 2 to 3 times a day can provide relief from stiffness and sore.

For sore neck with feeling of stiffness or pain below the shoulder blades bending your head backward for up to 15 minutes provides you optimal relief. You can repeat this whenever you experience pain and if it gets severe you can try applying ice along with the exercise, but this time do it slowly. Hot/cold pack, which you can avail easily from online home medical supply stores, can also be of great help in blocking the pain.

The above mentioned tips may work in favor of you if you suffer from chronic pain, but you may experience that in case of temporomandibular joint dysfunction, it is better to go for the exclusive chiropractic treatment.

Some people experience headaches when they get neck pain and the best way to eliminate headache symptoms is by performing cervical retractions up to 15 times. You can use a moist heat neck wrap.They can also get relief from headache by holding their head in a retracted posture for up to three minutes. If it is worse where it has reached the inflammation stage then lie down in supine position and place a ice pack on the base of the your skull, and continue this for 20 minutes.