Neck pain and shoulder pain

As a practicing chiropractor, I see a large number of patients with neck pain affecting one or both shoulders begins. Often, on the contrary, and that aggravated a shoulder injury to the neck.

Many conditions of the back of the neck and upper shoulder, and vice versa. It 's a good reason why this happens and I will use in this article to explain it.

It 's the old statement about the human body, everything is fine, as "everything is connected" inOf course, in this case we are talking about anatomy - especially of a powertrain.

In a kinematic chain, the function and health of the adjacent joints are interdependent. A simple example of a distribution to individual joints of a kinematic chain and the consequences would be as follows, a person hobbled ankle sprains their ankle for several days and then the knee pain develops secondary to the slack because of ankle injuries . If the lameness or impairment of sets of responseany period of time may include irritation of the hip, and finally the lower back. Ankle, knee, hip, sacroiliac joints and form the joints of the lower back throughout the powertrain.

In a similar yet more complex kinematic chain the vertebrae of the cervical spine and thorax are intertwined with the shoulder joints. The shoulder consists of a series made joints that allow a huge amount of movement in a number of levels.

Compared to the knee, for example, that allows onlyabout 120 ° of flexion and rotation and very little translation of the shoulder is incredibly mobile. As well as the shoulder joint capsule and ligaments that bind the humorous to the scapula and clavicle, the primary source of stability of the shoulder joint, muscles, many of which attach in the cervical and thoracic vertebrae.

In relation to the spine - especially the cervical and thoracic spine - have found the joints of the spine much lessMovement than most other joints of the body. That said, the cervical spine showing the greatest amount of movement of the spine during most of the thoracic spine is limited his flexibility to find. The fact that many of the large muscles of the neck and upper back operation on the scapula and the clavicle is connected with the two common complex.

In many cases, shoulder pain or dysfunction in spasms of the muscles that stabilize the biggest result of the shoulder - most of theseMuscles from the vertebrae of the neck and upper back are. The stress of this spasm can cause pain or dysfunction in the neck and upper back. Thanks to the joint between the muscles of the neck, upper back and shoulders, the opposite scenario with a primary spinal problem causing muscle spasms, which have a negative experience on his shoulder.

Both shoulder joints and neck display complex, compound movements. Complex adjacent municipalities, such as those that share importantThe muscle groups to ensure a greater likelihood of pain / dysfunction, which more than one group of joints.

In my practice, the two most common tasks that I have, that the pain / dysfunction of the neck and shoulders are the computer work and sports injuries such as unilateral pitching, bowling, golf, etc. If the face neck and shoulder pain, advice to my patients to ice packs on the affected area in 20 minute sessions at least twice a day and restrict the offendingActivities for two or three days. If the coupling is not dramatically better with the management at home, get a chiropractor to see. Chiropractors are specialists in biomechanics common and can help you, a full recovery.