Back and neck pain are often associated with each other if you are experiencing the pain on the upper parts of your back.
The stiffness and ache can also be felt in the shoulder areas.
The symptoms are often caused by muscle, nerves discs, joints, and ligament abnormalities.
The most common causes are injuries related to sports, injuries from a whiplash and prolonged wear and tear in the musculoskeletal system due to poor posture.
Back and neck pain are often encountered these days because modern lifestyle forces a lot of people to sit in a chair for long periods each day.
You sit down in your car as you drive or commute to and from work.
Upon arrival at the office, you will most probably spend the rest of the day and a better part of the night sitting down at your desk or in front of your computer.
The resulting condition from such routine is called postural pain and, if left untreated, it can develop into disc degeneration, tennis elbow, trapped nerves, and carpal tunnel syndrome.
Early intervention for back and neck pain is essential and involves correcting one's posture.
However, people usually wait until the symptoms are so severe before they will start seeking medical help.
Hence, the treatment often comes too late.
If the pain in your upper back and neck areas already caused the pain and numbness to travel down the arm and fingers, you may have trapped nerves already.
This is often caused by bulging discs, joint stiffness and muscle imbalance which originate from having bad posture.