Manual therapy, mobilisation and acupuncture are better choices for managing most common neck pain than many current practices, a seven year study finds.

Researchers conclude that neck collars and ultrasound are not recommended. Corticosteroid injections and surgery should only be considered if there is associated pain, weakness or numbness in the arm, fracture or serious disease.

Reference: pubmed.
Image by azrainman

Related posts:

1. Acupuncture five times better than typical care for neck pain after surgery
2. Acupuncture for Neck Pain
3. Acupuncture And Migraine: A new conclusive study from UK
4. Acupuncture helps osteoarthritis (German study)
5. Acupuncture + surgery = less pain, less drugs, less side effects

Posted on Monday, February 18th, 2008 at 12:20 am under acupuncture, manual therapy, neck muscles, neck pain, pain relief. Follow any responses to this entry through the RSS 2.0 feed. Leave a response, or trackback from your own site.