If you have neck pain, you are not alone as it is the 4th leading cause of disability in the U.S. and has an annual prevalence rate exceeding 30% of the population. Effective treatments range from massage, therapeutic exercises, acupuncture, medications and injections and yet for many of us the pain and dysfunction returns. When the pain returns we know that we are merely suppressing the symptoms and not addressing the root cause. I’m not saying we should ignore the pain while we hunt for the cause. Ask anyone that has experienced severe musculoskeletal pain and they will champion the treatment that suppresses that pain. But to be truly effecting at eliminating the root cause of musculoskeletal pain you must look at the extremities, and when in come to neck and shoulder pain we cannot ignore the role of the hands and forearms.
Neck Pain
Neck Pain
Neck Pain
If you have neck pain, you are not alone as it is the 4th leading cause of disability in the U.S. and has an annual prevalence rate exceeding 30% of the population. Effective treatments range from massage, therapeutic exercises, acupuncture, medications and injections and yet for many of us the pain and dysfunction returns. When the pain returns we know that we are merely suppressing the symptoms and not addressing the root cause. I’m not saying we should ignore the pain while we hunt for the cause. Ask anyone that has experienced severe musculoskeletal pain and they will champion the treatment that suppresses that pain. But to be truly effecting at eliminating the root cause of musculoskeletal pain you must look at the extremities, and when in come to neck and shoulder pain we cannot ignore the role of the hands and forearms.