Chronic neck pain is one of the most common musculoskeletal disorders, with up to half of adults experiencing it in a given year, and it accounts for as much as 4% of all visits to healthcare providers. The most common classification is non-specific neck pain, meaning the condition arises from musculoskeletal strain or dysfunction in the neck region without a clearly identifiable medical pathology such as fracture, infection, tumor, or inflammatory disease. Because the exact pain generator is often difficult to determine, treatment focuses instead on restoring normal motion to the cervical spine using a multimodal approach.
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