Dr Adriaan Liebenberg My Spine Explained | Page 52

My Spine Explained
What are the symptoms?
The muscles that tear can trap nerves in the scar tissue that forms during the
healing process of the torn muscles and this can cause chronic headaches and
neck pain. However, the main cause for neck pain is the damage that the
joints suffer. The damage to these joints causes ongoing mechanical neck pain
and referred pain. Sometimes symptoms appear over a period of time after the
accident took place.
Damage to the facet joints between the second and third cervical vertebrae
can cause referred headaches. Damage to the joints between the fifth and
sixth vertebrae are usually responsible for neck pain, arm pain an