Nowadays, due to busy lifestyle, many types of health related problems have started arising. One of these problems is cervical pain, which causes stiffness in the neck and shoulders. Sitting or working in one position for hours causes pain in the neck and shoulders around it. If this pain is not reduced in time, then it can reach your back and waist. Let us know what causes cervical pain and what measures to take to avoid it?

Main causes of cervical pain

Working for long hours while sitting

Sitting and working with head bent

Increasing age and lifting heavy weight on the head

High pillow or wrong sleeping position

Due to any injury or accident

Wrong neck position while sleeping

Symptoms of cervical pain

Severe pain in the neck

This pain spreads to the shoulders and back

Sometimes pain while turning the neck

Swelling in the neck along with pain and stiffness

Pain from the neck reaching the head

Becoming irritable in nature

Ways to avoid cervical pain

Avoid sitting in one position continuously

Keep turning the neck in between work

Stop using pillow

Apply fomentation to get relief from swelling or pain

Give light massage to the painful area

Do neck exercises and yoga

If the problem is increasing and the pain is severe, then consult a doctor. The doctor can also advise you to undergo physiotherapy. This will provide relief from pain and also reduce swelling. The most important thing is to keep rotating the neck and avoid sitting for too long. You can also take the help of yoga for this. By doing special yoga exercises daily, cervical pain can be reduced significantly. Apart from this, neck rotation exercises help a lot in relieving pain.