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The causes of neck pain can be found in the bone, muscle and nerve endings. The most common cause of bone pain is cervical arthritis, a complaint frequently found in women, especially during menopause. As with arthritis, some degenerative rheumatic diseases can also change vertebrae structure and create acute pain in the process,but similar symptoms may also be caused
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by deviations of the spinal column (scoliosis or hyperkyphosis) or bone tumors.
The most well-known ailment affecting the neck muscles is certainly a stiff neck, caused by sharp changes in temperature, chilling of the muscles by air conditioning or drafts, and consequent painful muscle contractions. A violent movement of the spinal column may also produce temporary whiplash. Neck pains often result from emotional tension or from working in one position for long periods (like in front of a computer screen or behind the wheel of a car).
Compressed or inflamed nerve endings that emanate from the spinal column may cause various neck or upper limb problems (cervicalgia or cervicobrachialgia). The best-known cause of this is a herniated disk, but this condition rarely happens in the neck region. Given the neck's particular structure, nerve endings can be affected from many different factors -- traumatic, infectious or degenerative origins.
Finally, neck pain may develop from tension and produce severe soreness without ever being a symptom of any specific illness at all.
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