Working from Home and having Postural Neck Pain
Postural neck pain is pain which is caused due to poor posture. This pain can come on after prolonged periods of poorly adopted posture. Especially while working on computer, phones or watching TV. This puts stress on the surrounding structures supporting your head. Postural neck pain can radiate down the back and also into the arm. This can also give a pins and needles sensation is a nerve has been irritated.
Physiotherapy and Postural Neck Pain
Postural neck pain can prevent you from doing your normal daily activities pain free. Postural neck pain responds well to physiotherapy treatments, optimising and speeding recovery. Physiotherapy can help with the following when suffering from postural neck pain:
- Decreasing pain
- Improving posture
- Educating on ergonomics and posture
- Improving range of movement
- Restoring normal function
- Strengthening the surrounding muscles.
How Can we help
We can help as have variety of treatments which may be used during your rehabilitation programme. These can be a combination of:
- Massage
- Manual therapy
- Heat and ice therapy
- Dry Needling
- Strengthening exercises
- Stretching exercises
- Range of movement exercises
- Education and advice
- Ergonomic assessment via TeleHealth
Appointments and ergonomic assessment can also be had by Telehealth.