What causes frequent neck pain?

For office workers who often sit in front of computers, neck pain is a very common local pain symptom. Patients can feel stiffness and soreness in the neck. There are many reasons for neck pain, which can be mainly divided into the following situations.

1. Chronic fatigue causes neck pain

People who work with their heads down or with their heads and necks fixed in a certain position for a long time are prone to neck pain. This is mainly because keeping the head and neck in the same position for a long time will cause chronic strain on the cervical spine, which will develop into cervical spondylosis, causing patients to suffer from neck pain and other symptoms of cervical spondylosis.

2. Poor sleeping posture causes neck pain

First, muscle sprains, such as poor sleeping posture at night and the head and neck being in an excessively deflected position for a long time; or due to unsuitable pillows during sleep, which are too high, too low, or too hard, causing the head and neck to be in a hyperextended or hyperflexed state. This can cause muscle tension on one side of the neck and twist the small joints of the cervical spine.

3. Long-term sleeping with a high pillow causes neck pain

Some people use high pillows for a long time or bend their necks too much when sleeping, which can easily cause cervical ligament strain, vertebral displacement, vertebral artery ischemia, and nerve root compression.

4. Neck pain caused by cervical spine disease

Cervical spondylosis is the main cause of neck pain. Cervical cold, fatigue, and poor posture are all causes of cervical spondylosis, such as cervical disc herniation or cervical bone hyperplasia. If the protruding nucleus pulposus or bone spurs compress the nervous tissue, a series of symptoms such as neck pain will appear.