Between A few hours and a forever. It really depends on the case.
YES i have had stiff neck all my life and have been reserching and i have found that it was my spinal cord
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Also known as a wry neck, spasmodic torticollis is a stiff neck due to spasmodic contraction of the neck muscle. The spasm causes the head to be pulled toward the affected side.
nuchal rigidity
press on the part of your neck that hurts or is stiff and the gas will come out in the form of a belch.
You might treat a stiff neck on a 10 year old girl by applying warm and damp compresses to the child's neck. You can do this for about twenty minutes at a time until she feels better.
Most commonly, when there is some dislocation of some joint of the vertebra, the neck muscles go in severe spasm. You call this condition as stiff neck.
Fever Vomiting Intense headache Stiff neck
because you probably slept on it wrong, & your muscles get tense.
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I believe it comes from a trait seen in oxen. They can be stubborn. When they did not want to be harnessed they made their neck go stiff in a way that prevented the harness from being properly put around their neck.