Managing Neck Pains
If you've sustained a minor injury or stress or the feeling of being stress or by other health problems, including some that may have serious consequences on your neck, there are things you can do to get the pain under control.
The U.S. National Library of Medicine offers these suggestions:
• Use an over-the-counter pain reliever such as ibuprofen or acetaminophen.
• Apply an ice pack for the first two or three days, followed by a few days of applying heat, such as by taking a hot shower or using a heating pad.
• Gently exercise and stretch the neck, with up-and-down and side-to-side motions.
• Have someone lightly rub or massage your neck.
• Use a neck pillow or no pillow at all when you sleep. A firm mattress will help, too.
January 30th, 2009 at 3:16 am
ibuprofen is only effective with a strong pain killer such codidromol . I suffer with neck,shoulder and back pain caused by repetitive lifting at work. So I use 1 ibuprofen and 2 codidromol, works wonders!