{"id":2706,"date":"2018-05-21T12:40:05","date_gmt":"2018-05-21T12:40:05","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/radianthealth.us\/2018\/05\/21\/what-to-do-about-a-crick-in-your-neck\/"},"modified":"2018-05-21T12:40:07","modified_gmt":"2018-05-21T12:40:07","slug":"what-to-do-about-a-crick-in-your-neck","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/radianthealth.us\/es\/2018\/05\/21\/what-to-do-about-a-crick-in-your-neck\/","title":{"rendered":"What To Do About A Crick In Your Neck"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-472 alignleft\" src=\"http:\/\/radianthealth.us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/crick-in-neck-resized.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" \/>It has probably happened to you more often than you care to admit.\u00a0 You wake up in the morning to a sharp, shooting pain in your neck and a curious stiffness that makes it feel as though you can\u2019t move your neck in its usual range of motion without it \u201ccatching\u201d and hurting like fire.<\/p>\n<p>Congratulations.\u00a0 You have the dubious honor of having a crick in your neck.<\/p>\n<p>There are lots of different reasons these develop.\u00a0 Too much activity, too little activity, you slept wrong on it, or you strained it the day before without even being aware of it.\u00a0 Whatever the cause, you want it gone ASAP!<\/p>\n<p><strong>The good news is there are several things you can do to help make that happen:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Massage, Massage, Massage \u2013 Don\u2019t try to force it, but a steady, gentle massage can go a long way toward loosening your neck up and restoring your full range of motion. If it starts hurting more intensely as you rub, stop immediately and call your chiropractor.<\/li>\n<li>Apply Heat \u2013 Either break out the trusty heating pad or apply some Icy Hot or similar topical medication to the impacted area. That combined with some gentle stretching will often remedy the problem in short order.<\/li>\n<li>Advil, Tylenol, etc. \u2013 Over the counter medications are surprisingly effective at knocking out minor aches and pains.\u00a0 Some people have sensitive stomachs and have to steer clear of one brand or another, so just take whichever over the counter pain reliever works best for you, and give it some time.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>The best solution is one that sees you incorporate all three of these approaches. \u00a0Again, if the pain gets steadily worse, or doesn\u2019t seem to be responding to these home remedies, don\u2019t waste any time before contacting your doctor or chiropractor.\u00a0 There could be something more serious going on.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-472 alignleft\" src=\"http:\/\/radianthealth.us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/crick-in-neck-resized.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" \/>It has probably happened to you more often than you care to admit.\u00a0 You wake up in the morning to a sharp, shooting pain in your neck and a curious &#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"wds_primary_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2706","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-blog"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/radianthealth.us\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2706","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/radianthealth.us\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/radianthealth.us\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/radianthealth.us\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/radianthealth.us\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2706"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/radianthealth.us\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2706\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2712,"href":"https:\/\/radianthealth.us\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2706\/revisions\/2712"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/radianthealth.us\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2706"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/radianthealth.us\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2706"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/radianthealth.us\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2706"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}