Head and neck pain

The head and neck are the second most common area of the body to be treated at Total Physiotherapy.

The seven most common types of neck pain (each with their own causing factors) are:

• Muscle pain
• muscle spasm
• headache
• facet joint pain
• nerve pain
• Referred pain
• Bone pain

The team at Total Physiotherapy will conduct a thorough assessment to enable a clear diagnosis and management plan to identify how to ease your symptoms and prevent them recurring.

The most common head and neck problems include:

• Cervicogenic headache
• Wry neck
• Osteoarthritis or stiffness in the neck
• Whiplash following a trauma
• Postural neck pain
• Nerve compression with or without radiating pain
• Muscle strain
• Vertigo