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Neck or Shoulder Stiffness: Neck or shoulder tightness can be common, but it is not right to ignore it. If the pain is caused by normal stress or incorrect posture, light stretching can be cured with hot compress and correct posture. But if the symptoms are persistent or serious, do not delay. Consult an orthopedic or neurologist. Great problems can be avoided by treatment at the right time.

Many times, as soon as we wake up in the morning, we feel stiff neck or heaviness in the shoulder. It is common to sit in the office for a long time, wrongly sleeping or stress. But if these problems start happening again and again, continue or the headache, dizziness, or numbness with it, then it may be heavy to consider it as minor. Let us understand when the neck or shoulder stiffness is normal and when it becomes necessary to show it to the doctor.

When is this mango and tension related tightness?

Dr. Sudhir Yadav in Physiotherapy Department at District Hospital in Ghaziabad It is said that light tightness in the gardean or shoulder is often from sitting in the same position for a long time such as a laptop or mobile watching. Stress also causes muscle stretch. Such stiffness is usually cured with rest, light exercise and stretching in a few hours or 1 to 2 days.

Symptoms that are modest:

- Just mild pain in the neck or shoulder

- Relaxation on a little movement

- Sleep is not complete or associated with stress

- Get relief from massage or hot Sikai

When is this serious signal?

If other symptoms are added to the neck or shoulder tightness, then it can be a gesture to a serious problem. Such as cervical spondylosis, pressure on slip disc or vein. Apart from this, there are some more worry symptoms like-

1) Cervical spondylosis- Grind the bones of the neck, which is accompanied by age. It can cause muscle stiffness, dizziness and weakness in the hands.

2) slip disc- The disk between the spinal cord moves, which presses the vein and the pain spreads from the neck to the hand.

3) Frozen Shoulder (The frozen condition of the shoulder)- It becomes difficult to raise hands, which is more in diabetes patients.

4) Meningitis- There is swelling in the layers around the brain. There are high fever, vomiting, dizziness along with stiffness in the neck.

When should you see a doctor?

If home remedies, Sikai or painkiller are not relieved, then it is necessary to contact an orthopedic or neurologist doctor without delay. Timely treatment not only provides relief from pain, but can also avoid great complications that occur further.