The neck carries more than just the shoulders.
In the ninth call of the day. The third flight of the week. When you wake up on Sunday, when there is actually a break. The neck first reports what the other parts say later – and you often know exactly on which day it got worse again.
What we do for you.
In the vast majority of cases, neck pain is not a structural problem, but a muscular one. Permanent screen posture, stress, poor breathing and lack of movement lead to a tension pattern that becomes self-sufficient. Manual therapy, targeted movement and stress regulation usually solve it surprisingly thoroughly – provided someone looks at the whole, not just the painful area.
Even if a herniated disc is detected in the cervical spine, this rarely means surgery. As with the lumbar spine: conservative before surgical. Most HWS herniated discs will subside with proper treatment. Those who allow themselves to be operated on without having exhausted this path give up possibilities that they do not get back.
This is not a test. If you find yourself in several sentences, it is worth the quiet specialist look – before the neck determines the pace of your life.
Typical Questions and Observations
These indications are not self-diagnosis. They help to arrange the personal concern for a specialist discussion.
- When looking at the shoulder in the car, you notice that the rotation no longer extends as far as it used to.
- After a flight you need two days until the neck plays again.
- You have headaches that obviously come from the neck.
- Pain now draws in the shoulder or arm.
- An operation is in the room — and you want someone who sees the whole picture.
- You want to know what’s really going on — from someone who has time and experience.
Why people who wear a lot?
Who sits a lot, travels a lot, is constantly reachable and under permanent tension, loads his neck twice: mechanically by the posture and via the stress system by the permanent tension of the muscles. Both sources reinforce each other – and both are usually disregarded when only the picture is taken.
The typical reaction is to continue until it is no longer possible – and then seek the fastest solution. But the fastest is rarely the best here. Anyone who takes time for a thorough clarification according to Marianowicz has almost always more options than the first advice had him suspect.
Quietly.
At re:NOW we examine the neck according to the method of Dr. Marianowicz : thorough, modern, and with the clear principle as much as necessary, as gentle as possible. We clarify what is to be treated structurally and what is muscular, what is caused by stress and what is caused by attitude - and treat accordingly.
This results in a treatment path that considers more than just the place: manual and physical therapy, movement theory, targeted pain treatment where necessary, stress regulation and the question of what puts the neck under pressure in everyday life.
In a place where the neck can also come to rest: the Kloster Beuerberg on Lake Starnberg.
Good to
know.
My neck is always tight – what’s behind it?
Most often a combination of too many hours in front of the screen, the phone between ear and shoulder and a stress system that permanently tenses the muscles. Structural changes to the cervical spine are less often the cause than thought – more important is usually the amount of tension over years.
Does an HWS herniated disc need surgery?
In most cases no. As with the lumbar spine, the same applies here: conservative before operative. Even with proven herniated discs, the symptoms with targeted conservative treatment — manual therapy, targeted movement, pain management, stress regulation — in most cases resolve. An operation is the exception, not the first step.
Why do neck pains often radiate to the head?
Because the muscles that stabilize the neck are tightly connected to the back of the head. Tension in deep neck muscles can trigger tension and even migraine-like headaches. Who treats the neck, often also treats the headache – provided that both are seen together.
What do we do at re:NOW?
We examine the neck according to the method of Dr. Marianowicz — thorough, with modern procedures, but without haste to surgery. We combine targeted manual and physical therapy with movement theory, stress regulation and, where necessary, targeted pain treatment. The goal: a moving, relaxed neck — not a prematurely operated.