What should I do if my neck hurts so much?

Have you ever had this experience? You suddenly find that you have not done any physical work, but your neck hurts badly, or you have not suffered any external injuries but still have severe neck pain. When this happens, sometimes you do nothing and just rest for a few days and the neck pain disappears. So what is going on? Now let’s talk about the corresponding solutions for severe neck pain caused by different reasons.

1. Causes:

Stiff neck causes neck pain.

Many people like to raise their pillows very high, thinking that this will be more comfortable. However, they find their necks hurt the next day. This is caused by a stiff neck (the pillow does not meet the requirements of the human body's physiological curve, causing the neck muscles to be tense and causing neck pain).

What to do if your neck suddenly hurts:

Don't use pillows that are too high or sleep on a hard bed.

2. Causes:

Neck disease.

Cervical diseases include: radiculopathy, vertebral artery cervical spondylosis, spinal cord cervical spondylosis, sympathetic cervical spondylosis, cervical spondylosis, cervical disc herniation, etc. These diseases can cause sudden neck pain.

What to do if your neck suddenly hurts:

Neck pain at this time is a disease and you need to go to a regular large hospital for treatment in time.

3. Causes:

Caused by old age diseases.

Many elderly friends are prone to sudden neck pain, which is actually caused by elderly diseases. Such as: vascular diseases such as hypertension and hyperlipidemia (causing atherosclerosis or calcification of the neck blood vessels).

What to do if your neck suddenly hurts:

Elderly friends should go to the hospital regularly to check carotid artery ultrasound. Once carotid artery stenosis is found, do not massage the neck casually (massage can easily cause hardened plaques to fall off and enter the brain with blood, causing stroke) and seek timely treatment.

4. Causes:

Neck trauma.

If you have an injury to your neck, it is not surprising that you experience neck pain. For example, car accidents, falls, collisions, etc., can damage the neck muscles and bones and cause neck pain.

What to do if your neck suddenly hurts:

You need to rest at this time, and the symptoms will disappear after the injured part recovers.

5. Causes:

Neck muscle strain.

Due to repeated acute and chronic injuries to the soft tissue of the neck, the neck muscles become tense, resulting in insufficient blood supply to the muscles and fascia, nutritional disorders, and neck diseases. The vicious cycle makes the pain even worse.

What to do if your neck suddenly hurts:

You should rest in time at this time, and go to the hospital for treatment if the condition is serious.