Neck Pain Treatment at Tawa Chiropractic

Neck pain can be a ‘pain in the neck!’ Necks are designed to be mobile, so if yours isn’t chances are that it’s out of balance and it’s unlikely to get better on its own. Quite often people attribute neck pain to stress and take drugs to mask the symptoms. While this response may relieve some of the pain, it does nothing for the underlying cause of the problem. Dr Matt looks at your health from a holistic approach and to try and figure out what may be causing the pain.

Quite often people attribute neck paint to stress and take drugs to mask the symptoms. This does nothing in figuring out the underlaying cause of the problem.

Common causes that can lead to neck pain include:

• Poor posture or weakening due to old injuries.
• Whiplash that were never properly looked at.
• Excessive sitting at a desk for more than 30 hours a week which can lead to neck pain.
• Poor technique in sports and exercise activities.

Chiropractors have a functional approach to the spine, therefore it is important to determine how your spine is moving or functioning, how it got to that state and then plan the best way to get it moving again.

This is done in the first visit called a new patient consultation. In this visit Dr Matt does a through history, examination and if appropriate an adjustment. In the second visit he assess what he found in this consultation and gives you a report with his suggestions to get out of pain. In the third visit, Dr Matt gives you stretch’s relevant to your current health situation to help with your recovery and health goals.

Neck Pain Treatment Tawa, Wellington also serving Porirua | (021) 0852 7883

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