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There are a few conditions that cause carotid artery neck pain, such as carotidynia and carotid artery dissection. Learn more here.
Most aren’t serious. Learn about common and uncommon causes of left-side neck pain, as well as diagnosis and treatment.
Learn about nine causes of pain in the right side of the neck here. Most causes of neck pain are benign, such as sleeping poorly, but others are more severe, including cancer.
Neck pain, or cervicalgia, can have many causes. Treatments include medicines, physical therapy, steroid injections, surgery and at-home pain relief remedies.
How can someone tell when neck pain is serious and requires medical treatment? Learn about signs of severe neck pain and when to seek medical care.
Pain in the right or left side of your neck is usually nothing serious. It’s often caused by muscle strain, poor sleeping position, or bad posture.
Neck pain is common. Poor posture — whether from leaning over a computer or hunching over a workbench — strains neck muscles. Osteoarthritis also is a common cause of neck pain. Rarely, neck pain can be a symptom of a more serious problem.
Most of the time, neck pain doesn't signal a serious medical problem. But it's worth learning about one of the rare exceptions: a tear in one of the arteries of the neck, known as a cervical artery dissection (see "What is a cervical artery dissection?").
Neck pain can extend into the left shoulder as a result of muscle strain, injury from an accident, spinal stenosis, and more. This article lists multiple causes.
Occipital neuralgia pain often starts at the back of your head at your neck and spreads upward to one or both sides of your head. Or you may first feel it behind one eye.