Neck Pain Treatment in St. Augustine, FL
Do you have to turn your whole body to check your blind spot? Maybe your neck is tight by lunch, or you wake up stiff and spend the morning rolling your shoulders. It's not the end of the world. But it's there every single day.
Neck pain is pain or stiffness anywhere from the base of your skull down to your shoulders. It can feel like a tight knot, a dull ache after hours at a screen, or a sharp catch when you turn your head. Some people also feel it spread into the shoulder blade or up toward the head.
What Holds Your Head Up
“Your neck holds up your head all day, and it can only do that well if everything underneath it helps.”
If your neck does a few of these, keep reading.
Checking your blind spot means turning your shoulders too.
You wake up and spend the first hour working the kinks out.
A few hours at a screen and your neck and shoulders feel like concrete.
A spot you keep rubbing that never quite lets go.
Reaching a high shelf or looking up at the sky makes it catch.
You've tried every pillow in the house and still wake up sore.
Rubbing the knot and stretching your neck feels good for a bit. But if your upper back and shoulders stay stiff and weak, your neck keeps carrying the load.
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Long days sitting let your upper back round forward and stop moving well.
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Neck muscles work overtime to hold your head up and turn it.
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You work the knot out, and by the next afternoon it's back.
We get your upper back moving and your shoulders strong, so your neck can finally relax. Then we build a routine with you that keeps it that way.
We treat your neck, and the upper back, shoulders and posture holding it up. You're one-on-one with your Doctor of Physical Therapy the whole visit.
Hands-on care to ease tight neck muscles and get a stiff upper back and shoulder blades moving again.
We map how you stand and move from your feet up, so we can see what's pulling your posture forward.
Supervised strength work for your upper back and shoulders, so holding your head up stops being your neck's job alone.
How you walk affects how your head and neck ride on top. We help your stride and arm swing work for your neck, not against it.
For many people, yes. At Renew we treat the neck along with the upper back, shoulders and posture that support it, starting with your feet. If we can't help, we'll tell you.
Your feet are the base your whole posture is built on. How you stand changes how your spine stacks up, all the way to your head. Small changes at the feet can make a real difference higher up.
Get medical care right away for a sudden, severe headache, neck pain after a car accident or a fall, or numbness or weakness spreading into your arms. Those need a doctor before physical therapy.
Yes. Long hours at a screen can leave the upper back stiff and the neck doing extra work. We look at how you sit, stand and move, then build upper back and shoulder strength so workdays are easier on your neck.
Yes. Your exercises live in our app with videos, and you can message us during the week. Sandy, our Registered Nurse, also checks in with you weekly to help you stay on track.
Yes. We serve St. Augustine, Crescent Beach and Anastasia Island from our clinic at 3670 US-1 South, Unit 100, St. Augustine, FL 32086. You can reach us at 904-295-6772.
If your neck is stiff by lunch every workday, come see us in St. Augustine. We'll find what's pulling on it and give you a plan that fits your workday.
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