The most effective ones are usually the simplest. Usually this will be the neck roll from side to side in multiple reps. Make sure you do this very gently.
YES i have had stiff neck all my life and have been reserching and i have found that it was my spinal cord
No i was told it doesnt make the neck bigger from a doctor i had asked, but it is good to give the neck a break if you do pop it often. The less you pop your joints the less you will in the future because your neck wont stiff up.
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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.
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.
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.
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.