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Neck pain - non-specific - Management
Basis for recommendation
- These recommendations are based on expert advice in a textbook [Williams and Hoving, 2004], and in review articles [Binder, 2007a; Binder, 2007b].
- Involvement of the vertebral arteries and sympathetic nerves in the degenerative process may explain the wide variety of symptoms. For example, if dizziness or poor balance is exacerbated by neck movement, then vertebral artery involvement or irritation of the sympathetic nerves is usually the cause [Binder, 2007b].
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