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My problems stem from a minor car accident at which time I was rear-ended while stationary in my vehicle,\’ a human resources director reported. What happened to her reflects the experiences of many people with neck pain: \’I felt fine at first, but the next morning I could barely move my neck.\’ After trying manipulation, physical therapy, prescription drugs and acupuncture, and after \’a period of being totally immobile due to the most excruciating pain I have ever felt,\’ she finally found the support and neck pain treatment she needed.

A construction worker\’s injury also typifies the traumatic origins of most neck pain. \’I was hurt on a construction job and was in the hospital forty-one days,\’ the worker wrote. \’I saw many doctors. Most had different opinions on the extent of damage done to my back. All I know is that I have suffered severe pain.\’

In a recent international survey of back and neck pain sufferers, almost one-third of survey participants attributed the onset of neck pain to emotional stress. For example, a television personality suffered neck pain while two members of her immediate family were gravely ill. A teacher linked her neck pain to working with highly disturbed and disabled children. An executive experienced severe neck pain while going through a painful divorce.

The remaining survey participants just \’found\’ themselves with neck pain one day. Some had had the pain for years, but at a nuisance level. Others found that it seemingly struck full blown out of the blue.

\’I woke one morning and, for no apparent reason, could not raise my head or move it from left to right,\’ said a family therapist. Other participants who echoed her words endured pain for months or years before obtaining neck pain relief.