Neck Pain
You turn to check a blind spot and your neck stiffens and stops short. Or by mid-afternoon an ache has crept up from your shoulders into the base of your skull.
What it is
Neck pain is one of the most common things people bring to a therapist, and most of the time it's muscular. Desk work, screen posture, an old whiplash or injury, and steady low-grade tension load the deep cervical flexors, scalenes, levator scapulae, and upper trapezius until they ache and guard. The muscle that hurts isn't always the one causing it.
What makes it worse
It tends to flare with long stretches at a screen, holding a phone against your shoulder, stress, and sleeping with your neck at an angle. Many people find it eases when they move and change position often, and stiffens after sitting still.
How PNMT helps
Your therapist starts with your pain history, then measures how far your neck turns and tests muscles one at a time to find which ones are producing your pain, including whiplash patterns. Treatment is precise work on the muscles that test positive, guided by your feedback until the referral is reproduced. If the cause looks like a disc, nerve root, or something else non-muscular, your therapist will say so and refer you on.
What to expect & how long
Your therapist checks how far you can turn and look up at the start and end of each visit, so you both have a clear marker of progress. Your feedback steers the work throughout. Turning often gets easier early on. Lasting ease in everyday positions usually takes a series of visits as the deeper guarding muscles let go.
What clients say
I was not sure how effective trigger point work could be long term for my persistent jaw and neck issues. Let me tell you…it works and it LASTS. I went from having daily headaches and near-constant neck tension to those two issues becoming rare events. Jackie is fantastic and set my treatment plan effectively. David…can’t say enough good things. He’s kind, exacting in his approach, and puts you at ease. And did I mention this treatment works? So happy I gave this a try. I can’t recommend Somavida highly enough.
Al and Sarah have returned to me my neck, shoulder, and back range of motion, relieved me of migraines, and gotten me to a place where I have begun exercising again. I had no idea some of the problem areas I had were simply muscle issues. I thought for sure I had chronic vertebrae and bone issues. Nope! Feel so much younger and stronger and freer!
Best massage and pain relief I’ve ever had. Yu was an amazing therapist who really cared and listened. She helped my neck and back with a long term injury and gave me hope that it might actually be treatable. Highly skilled and knowledgeable, couldn’t recommend more. Life changing.
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Get help for Neck Pain
Book a New Client Session. Your therapists will find the source of your pain and build a treatment plan for you.
75-minute first visit. Two therapists assess and one treats. Every follow-up is one-on-one with your therapist.
The whole Somavida team stands behind your treatment plan.