How to Relieve Neck Pain After Cracking Your Own Neck

"I hurt my neck Thursday morning by cracking it. It's a bad habit of mine and I did it without thinking about it. It kills to turn my head to the right or to look up. Is there anyway I can help my neck get back to the way it was before? To make it heal faster or to make the pain subside?"- Devon

First of all, cracking your own neck is not a good idea- you can seriously injure yourself. I have a few suggestions for you:

1. Get a good supportive cervical neck pillow for sleeping. Try Arc4life's linear gravityneck pillow- it comes in 3 sizes: small, medium or large. You get two soft neck rolls to choose from:
2. Do neck exercises at home- neck stretches
3. Use a cold ice pack. It will help to decrease inflammation and also provide a pain relieving effect. Ice used with biofreeze natural pain relief gel works well together:
4. stretch your neck- you can use a simple neck traction device
5. If you are having muscle tightness or spasms, try a tens unit for pain relief."TENS" stands for Transcutaneous Electrical Nerve Stimulation. This "TENS unit" is a pocket size, portable, battery-operated device that sends electrical impulses to certain parts of the body to block pain signals. The electrical currents produced are mild, but can prevent pain messages from being transmitted to the brain and may raise the level of endorphins (natural pain killers produced by the brain).
6. see a chiropractor if you are having neck pain. Leave spinal adjustments to the profesionals. Here are some chiropractors Arc4life Recommends:
   • Dr. Matt Bellinger, Glastonbury CT http://www.ctbackdr.com/
     
   • Dr. Eben Davis, San Francisco, CA http://www.executiveexpresschiro.com/
     
   • Dr. Steve Shoshany, New York City, NY http://www.livingwellnewyork.com/
   • Dr. Nona Djavid, Newport Beach, CA http://www.wellnesschoicecenter.com/
     
   • Dr. Ron Spallone, Lakewood/Denver, CO www.denverchiropractor.com
   • Dr. Kathy Hunter, Simi Valley, CA http://www.gladback.com/
     
   • Dr. Andrea Mills, Lancaster, CA http://www.natural-arthritis-relief.com/serngeti-chiropractic.html
     
   • Dr. David Livingston, Delray Beach, FL http://www.delraybeachchiropractor.com/
   
   

Additional Reading

• How to Get Rid of a Kink in Your Neck
• Neck Traction Devices that really work
• Exercises for the neck
• Hot and Cold Therapy
• Treatment of neck pain for the serious athlete

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