Interestingly, 5-10% of people develop debilitating symptoms from neck pain. Unfortunately, even among those folks who do not have disabling pain, the majority find their neck pain is stubborn and recurrent, to some degree. Canadian scientists have show that arthritis of the neck may affect balance. This could mean, in cases of poor balance or repeated falls among the elderly, treatment of the neck may have value.
This comes from the March/April Journal of Manipulative and Physiological Therapeutics.
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