Neck Pain and Shoulder Pain Too
It's always a bit confusing for a patient if they experience both neck and shoulder pain at the same time.
Which one is the trigger? Does the neck pain provoke the shoulder pain or is it the other way around.
I've written lots elsewhere on this site about the issues surrounding referred pain patterns and explained how pain that seems to originate in one part of the body can actually be coming from somewhere else - but how can you begin to sort this out if it's you who has the problem?
Neck pain usually - well, often actually - spreads down to the shoulder and sometimes onwards down the arm. This can arise either due to referred pain from the joints and gristle of the neck - or it can be triggered by a trapped or inflamed cervical nerve root.
Pain spreading from the shoulder upwards to the neck is more unusual - and typically indicates spasm in the trapezius muscle.
Which one is the trigger? Does the neck pain provoke the shoulder pain or is it the other way around.
I've written lots elsewhere on this site about the issues surrounding referred pain patterns and explained how pain that seems to originate in one part of the body can actually be coming from somewhere else - but how can you begin to sort this out if it's you who has the problem?
Neck pain usually - well, often actually - spreads down to the shoulder and sometimes onwards down the arm. This can arise either due to referred pain from the joints and gristle of the neck - or it can be triggered by a trapped or inflamed cervical nerve root.
Pain spreading from the shoulder upwards to the neck is more unusual - and typically indicates spasm in the trapezius muscle.
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