Many people suffer from neck pain and it has a tendency to affect office workers, who spend many hours a day at a desk. In fact, research shows that it is the most common musculoskeletal complaint for people who work in an office. Research has also found that sufferers of neck pain are more likely Read More

Neck pain is the most prevalent musculoskeletal complaint in office workers (Blangsted et al, 2008), and research shows that people with neck pain are more likely to experience other musculoskeletal pain in association with neck pain (Hagen et al, 2006; Juul-Kristensen et al, 2006) likely due to increased pain sensitivity  (Arendt-Nielsen and Graven-Nielsen, 2008). A Read More

Sitting at a desk all day can lead to neck trouble and a back pain, but you can help to prevent problems occurring by doing these stretches at your desk. Release Tight Muscles Begin by opening your chest and shoulders to awaken muscles that have become tight whilst hunched over your desk.  Do not attempt Read More

Performing these desk stretches can help to minimize the neck pain and back pain caused by office work. Stretch 1 Open up your chest and shoulders, awakening the muscles that are become tight whilst you are sitting hunched forwards at your desk. Simply open out and reach back as far as you can. How to: Read More

Sitting at a desk for many hours a day can take a toll on your body and cause back and neck pain, especially if you sit in an awkward position. If you are suffering from pain caused by desk work, then you can stop the symptoms getting worse by changing a few things about the Read More

We see many people whose problems stem or are aggravated by poor posture whilst working at their computer. Of course, prevention is better than treatment, so even if you don’t have any problems, it’s good to make sure your desk is set up correctly. If you already get any discomfort when you sit at your Read More

Acupuncture is a very effective and successful way of treating neck pain. Whether your symptoms are caused by sitting in the same position for many hours a day or a sudden injury, acupuncture can be used to ease the pain. What Acupuncture Involves If you choose to go for this treatment, your acupuncturist will initially Read More

I see many patients with neck pain at the Broadgate Spine & Joint Clinic and have found this condition to be one of the most rewarding and successful to treat with acupuncture. I initially make a medical assessment in the traditional way by taking a history and making an examination. I will then decide if Read More

If you have been suffering from back pain, neck pain or spine problems and conservative management has not helped to ease your symptoms, you may need to see a spinal neurosurgeon. Conservative management can include rest, a change in lifestyle, medication, physiotherapy, osteopathy, acupuncture, chiropractic and simply allowing time to heal the problem. If you Read More

Who Needs To See a Spinal Neurosurgeon? The main indication that you need to see a spinal surgeon is if your symptoms have not recovered following “conservative management”. The latter might include time, which is a very powerful healer, rest, lifestyle modification, tablets, and physical therapy such as physiotherapy, osteopathy, chiropractic, acupuncture and Pilates. There Read More