The treatment begins with a movement assessment to identify which areas of the head and neck are potentially contributing to your symptoms (AKA the source). Finding the source is the key to eliminating these symptoms.

Often times, there is tightness, weakness, or stiffness in the areas around the head, neck, upper back, and shoulder which leads to the neck pain.

The painful area is rarely the cause of the problem, rather a symptom of issues elsewhere.

1) By utilizing hands-on techniques such as joint mobilization (gentle movement within the joint), soft tissue treatment, or dry needling this begins the process of decreasing pain.

2) Once the pain is improving, this provides an opportunity to improve the nearby areas of weakness, tightness, or stiffness from the initial movement assessment.

This second part is what prevents the injury from returning and truly fixes the issue at the source of the problem.