Neck Pain

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Neck Pain

Get a FREE Pain Or Injury Screening

A free pain or injury screening gives you the opportunity to meet with one of our physical therapists at no charge. Learn more about your condition, get a fast assessment of the severity, and learn treatment options.

Many people will experience neck pain due to poor posture, stress, neck strain, and sporting, or occupational activities.  Pain can also occur due to arthritis resulting in longer lasting aches and soreness with certain movements.  More severe injuries can happen with car accidents, falls, or whiplash which can cause soft tissue, joint or nerve damage. Numbness and tingling associated with neck pain can signify pinched nerves or other problems. ActivePT has specialists with a passion for helping you have success in reducing your neck pain, loss of mobility and resolving your injury. Whether your pain is old or new, we may be able to help.

Types of Neck Pain

  • Decreased neck movements
  • Pain
  • Numbness/tingling in my arms
  • Degenerative disc disease
  • Degenerative joint disease
  • Muscle strain
  • Whiplash
  • Herniated disc
  • Pinched nerve
  • Tight muscles
  • Stiff joints
  • Improper sleeping/sitting posture
Neck Pain

How We Can Help

Physical therapy sessions at ActivePT involve taking a detailed history of your injury and response to previous treatments. We continually reassess changes in your joints and muscles to help guide treatment, and check your response to each type of treatment. We will educate you about the anatomy involved, impairments, proposed treatments, and your care plan. Exercises are progressed each visit based on your reassessments. Most importantly, we will work with you to learn your goals so those goals can drive your therapy sessions and progress.  

Our treatment plans are designed to not only alleviate neck pain but prevent it in the future. We will help to:

  • Educate you on body mechanics that may be contributing to your neck pain including: poor posture with static positions of standing, sitting and sleeping.  We may perform an ergonomic assessment of your work station to help decrease or eliminate potential daily stressors to your spine
  • Utilize hands-on techniques to address your specific muscle tightness, joint hypo/hypermobilities,  and nerve tension which may be impairing your movements
  • Provide a specialized home exercise program to address your specific weaknesses, tightness and muscle impairments. Many times the exercise program will look at you as a whole, not just your injury, as address other contributors to your health and wellness

Specific Treatments

ActivePT’s therapists practice a very hands-on approach to getting you better. We utilize an evidence based approach in our evaluation and treatment. We believe that putting our hands on the injury helps us best asses and treat your pain. Treatments may include:

  • Spinal Manipulation/mobilization
  • Soft tissue mobilization and muscle releases during functional movements
  • Joint mobilization
  • Dry needling
  • Neural gliding and flossing techniques
  • Traction and distraction techniques
  • Cold Laser, Ultrasound, Iontophoresis
  • Kinesio taping, postural taping and bracing
  • Specialized exercise programs focusing on your specific muscle weaknesses or imbalances. We also set you up with a home programs to maximize recovery between visits.
Contact ActivePT to set up an appointment for your neck pain and injuries at 507-322-3460.

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Clinicians who help with Neck Pain

Our clinical team focuses on your goals to help you achieve success.  The team includes physical therapists and physical therapy assistants who are specially trained to help get you back to the life you love.  Many of our clinicians are board certified orthopedic clinical specialists.  We don’t just hand you a packet of exercises and expect you to fix yourself.  Instead, we provide a hands-on approach to care in order to get you the best possible results.  When you receive care from one of our clinicians, we hope to exceed your expectations. 

Get Help With Neck Pain

Experience a hands-on approach to treating your neck pain. Our clinicians use your personal goals, the best research, and what works best for your body to create a personalized treatment plan. Neck pain, disc problems, or referred pain can cause debilitating changes to your life. Our goal is to get you back to the life you love. Schedule a free 15-minute screening to meet with one of our specialists and get your questions answered today.

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