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There are many sources of pain in the neck. Pain in the neck is sometimes referred to as cervicogenic pain. Pain in the neck may present itself as:
A headache that starts at the base of the head or the top of the neck.
Neck pain that may or may not get worse with neck movement.
Pain in the neck and shoulders or upper back.
Pain in the neck that goes down to the arm and/or hand.
Treatments for Neck Pain at The Emory Center for Pain Medicine include:
Neck Pain
Frontal view of the bones of the neck in spine model
Side view of the bones of the neck in spine model
Pain in the neck that also goes to your shoulders and upper back may come from the facet joints. This pain may get worse when you move your head from side to side or back and forth. Your physician may want to perform facet injections in your neck to diagnose and help relieve your pain.
If you are a surgical candidate, your surgeon may ask the physicians at the Emory Center for Pain Medicine to identify the painful areas of your back or neck prior to considering surgery. In that instance, it is very important for you to tell us whether these injections relieve your pain or not and by how much. You will be given a pain diary at the time of your injection to keep a record of pain relief to provide to your doctor. The results of the injections will be communicated to your surgeon.
Headaches may also be due to the upper bones in the neck. This type of headache is different from migraine headaches in that there are no flashing lights and neck movement may affect the pain. This headache may be reproduced by pressure to the top of the neck where it meets the head.
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