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Neck pain is cheap xenical without rx discomfort in any of the structures in the neck. These include muscles and cheap xenical without rx nerves as well as spinal vertebrae and the cushioning disks in between. Neck pain may also come from cheap xenical without rx areas near the neck such as the shoulder, jaw, head, and cheap xenical without rx upper arms.

When your cheap xenical without rx neck is sore, you may have difficulty moving it, especially to cheap xenical without rx one side. Many people describe this as having a stiff neck.

If neck pain involves nerves (for cheap xenical without rx example, significant muscle spasm pinching on a nerve or a cheap xenical without rx slipped disk pressing on a nerve), you cheap xenical without rx may feel numbness, tingling, or weakness in your arm, hand, or cheap xenical without rx elsewhere.

Causes
A common cause of neck pain is cheap xenical without rx muscle strain or tension. Usually, everyday activities are to blame. Such activities include bending over a cheap xenical without rx desk for hours, having poor posture while watching TV or reading, placing your cheap xenical without rx computer monitor too high or too low, sleeping in an uncomfortable position, or cheap xenical without rx twisting and turning the neck in a jarring manner while exercising.

Traumatic accidents or cheap xenical without rx falls can cause severe neck injuries like vertebral fractures, whiplash, blood vessel injury, and cheap xenical without rx even paralysis.

Other causes include:
Other medical conditions, such as fibromyalgia
Cervical arthritis or spondylosis
Ruptured disk
Small fractures to the spine from osteoporosis
Spinal stenosis (narrowing of the spinal canal)
Infection of the spine (osteomyelitis, diskitis, abscess)
Cancer that involves the spine

Home Care
For minor, common causes of neck pain:
Take over-the-counter pain relievers such as ibuprofen (Advil, Motrin IB) or acetaminophen (Tylenol).
Apply heat or cheap xenical without rx ice to the painful area. One good method is to cheap xenical without rx use ice for the first 48 - 72 hours, then cheap xenical without rx use heat after that. Heat may be applied with hot showers, hot compresses, or cheap xenical without rx a heating pad. Be careful not to fall asleep with a cheap xenical without rx heating pad on.
Stop normal physical activity for cheap xenical without rx the first few days. This helps calm your symptoms and cheap xenical without rx reduce inflammation.
Perform slow range-of-motion exercises -- up and cheap xenical without rx down, side to side, and from ear to ear -- to cheap xenical without rx gently stretch the neck muscles.
Have a partner gently massage the sore or painful areas.
Try sleeping on a cheap xenical without rx firm mattress without a pillow or with a special neck pillow.
Use a soft neck collar for a short period of time to relieve discomfort.
You may want to cheap xenical without rx reduce your activity only for the first couple of days. Then slowly resume your cheap xenical without rx usual activities. Do not perform activities that involve heavy lifting or cheap xenical without rx twisting of your back or neck for the first 6 weeks after the cheap xenical without rx pain begins. After 2 - 3 weeks, slowly resume exercise. A physical therapist can cheap xenical without rx help you decide when to begin stretching and strengthening exercises and cheap xenical without rx how to do them.

Avoid the cheap xenical without rx following exercises during your initial recovery, unless your doctor or physical therapist says it cheap xenical without rx is okay:

Jogging
Football
Golf
Ballet
Weight lifting
Leg lifts when lying on your stomach
Sit-ups with straight legs (rather than bent knees)
When to Contact a Medical Professional
Seek immediate medical help if you cheap xenical without rx have a fever and headache, and your neck is so stiff that cheap xenical without rx you cannot touch your chin to your chest. This may be cheap xenical without rx meningitis. Call your local emergency number (such as 911) or get to a hospital.
Call your health care provider if:
Symptoms do not go away in 1 week with self care
You have numbness, tingling, or weakness in your arm or hand
Your neck pain was caused by a cheap xenical without rx fall, blow, or injury -- if you cannot move your cheap xenical without rx arm or hand, have someone call 911
You have swollen glands or a lump in your neck
Your pain does not go away with regular doses of over-the-counter pain medication
You have difficulty swallowing or breathing along with the neck pain
You have cheap xenical without rx pain that gets worse when you lie down or wakes you cheap xenical without rx up at night
You have such severe pain that you cannot get comfortable

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