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Waking-up with Neck Pain and Stiffness:
Studies suggest that neck pain and stiffness affects as much as 71% of the population. Cervical pain occurs almost as frequently as low back symptoms, and is the second most common cause of visits to pain clinics. However, much less is known about neck pain (in contrast with low back pain).
People with neck pain often report pain and stiffness first thing in the morning upon waking. Some have suggested that posture issues or sleeping position during the night is to blame.
A study by Gordon et al. set out to document “prevalence, duration and frequency of waking cervical pain, cervical stiffness, headache and scapulae or arm pain and the association between the prevalence of these symptoms, gender and age.”
