Jeff LangmaidFounder, The Evidence Based Chiropractor

Understanding the Fascia-Neck Pain Connection

2 Dec 2023 · 1 min

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A short YouTube video by Jeff Langmaid explaining that multiple factors (including posture and female sex) can contribute to neck pain, with emphasis on fascial tightness as a key cause. The speaker defines fascia as a connective tissue enclosing muscles, tendons, nerves and organs (with its own blood, lymph and nerve supply) and states that fascial tightness leads to pain, reduced range of motion, and contributes to shoulder, head and neck pain; normal fascial mobility is presented as critical for function.

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And there are many, many factors that can cause neck pain or contribute to neck pain. Postural changes, just a female gender, you have a higher likelihood of neck pain. And we know of the causes of neck pain. Fascial tightness is one of the reasons that you can experience a painful range of motion of the neck. Now what is fascia? Technically it's a form of connective tissue which encloses muscles, tendons and nerves and it's responsible for holding organs together. And it does have its own blood, lymph and nerve supply. Now fascial tightness or irrit, it can cause a host of different things, none of which which we want, which are pain, decreased range of motion, reduced flexibility and it can also contribute to shoulder, head and neck pain. So the bottom line is normal fascial mobility is critical for normal function. And anytime that we have disruption or challenges with fascia, we are very likely to have pain and dysfunction.