- Neck pain may be accompanied by [headache]
- [Physical stressors] or [emotional stressors], [poor sleeping habits], or [poor posture] can cause
- Some describe [neck stiffness] with [lack of full neck motion]. In older patients this result of [osteoarthritis of the cervical spine]
- Some develop [numbness], [tingling], or [pain down an arm]. This may be a result of [disk herniation], especially at the level of [disk herniation at C5-C6], producing [shoulder tip pain] and [trapezius pain] and [radiating toward the anterior upper arm], [radiating radial forearm], & [radiating thumb]
- [Lateral disk herniation at C6-C7] produces [shoulder blade pain], [pectoral area pain], & [medial axilla pain] with [radiation toward the posterolateral upper arm], [radiation to dorsal elbow] and [radiation to forearm], & [radiation to palmar surface of the thumb] and [radiation to palmar surface of the index finger]. There may also be [sensory impairment] in these areas such as [thumb numbness][index finger numbness] or [thumb dysesthesia], [index finger dysesthesia]
- [Lateral herniation between C7 and T1] produces [pain in medial side of the forearm] and [sensory loss in the medial forearm] and [sensory loss in the ulnar nerve distribution of the hand]
- [Central disk herniation] at any cervical level can produce a [syndrome of cervical myelopathy] with [bilateral] [long track] [extremities signs], [gait dysfunction], and [loss of coordination].
- [Whiplash injury] is the term used to describe [cervical strain] in the setting of an [acute flexion/extension injury], often seen in [car accidents] involving [rear-end collisions]. Symptoms may include [severe neck pain], [neck spasm], and [loss of motion in the neck] and [occipital headache].