Neck Pain Treatment
Stiff neck, radiating pain, headaches that start at the base of your skull — neck pain hijacks your whole day. I find the mechanical cause and calm the irritated nerves.
Why Your Neck Hurts
Your neck carries a 10-pound head on a stack of small vertebrae, all day, day after day. Add desk work, phone posture, stress (hello, clenched jaw and tight traps), old whiplash injuries, or degenerative changes — and it’s no wonder neck pain is epidemic.
Neck pain often travels. It radiates into the shoulders, down the arms, or up into the head as tension headaches. Treating just the sore spot misses the chain reaction behind it.
How I Treat Neck Pain
I assess your cervical spine mobility, check which deep neck flexors and stabilizers are working (and which have checked out), and trace any radiating pain to its nerve root or trigger point source. Treatment targets the drivers — not just the symptoms.
Acupuncture for Neck Pain
With orthopedic acupuncture I can reach the deep cervical muscles — scalenes, levator scapulae, suboccipitals — that cause radiating pain and headaches but are hard to address with massage alone. Dry needling releases entrenched trigger points; motor point work re-fires the deep stabilizers that keep your neck supported.
Functional Medicine for Neck Pain
Chronic neck tension often has a stress and inflammation component. I evaluate cortisol patterns, systemic inflammation, and the gut-brain axis — because a nervous system stuck in fight-or-flight keeps neck muscles braced 24/7. Addressing the biochemistry helps the manual work actually hold.
Supplements I often suggest
For neck pain, these are the supplements I suggest most often in my practice:
- Inflammatone (Designs for Health) — Herbs, nutrients, and enzymes that help modulate the inflammatory response.
- Turmero Active (Apex Energetics) — High-absorption liquid curcumin for joint comfort.
- OmegAvail Hi-Po Fish Oil (Designs for Health) — 1,600 mg EPA/DHA per serving with lipase for absorption — no fishy aftertaste.
See all the supplements I recommend →
I may earn a margin on dispensary orders. If you take prescription medications, check with your doctor before starting any new supplement.
Let’s Fix Your Neck
Stop working around the pain. Book a free intro call and tell me what’s going on.