How badly will neck pain disturb your sleep?
Hello
We see many people with neck pain. One of the main things they are joyful of, once they start the treatment plan with us is being able to sleep a lot better. Not have to feel so irritable and tired.
This week’s study we will look at what the research tells us abouthow badly neck pain affects the sleepof the person who is suffering.
Let us have a look at the findings.
This week’s study is called “Sleep Quality in Chronic Neck Pain Patients”.
The study looked at almost 300 people with neck pain and assessed their sleep quality and other psychological factors.
They found “the participants’ point prevalence of severe fatigue was 39.86%. Pain intensity, psychological factors, and sleep quality were all associated with fatigue”
Almost 40%!!! Had severe fatigue indicating that their neck pain worsened the quality of their sleep!!
They also found “Fatigue was a significant factor in Neck Pain patients, and it was linked to pain intensity, depression, anxiety, and sleep disturbance. Fatigue was more prevalent in the chronic stage of Neck Pain than in the acute stage.”
This tells me that the longer you have neck pain, the worse it gets for your sleep, and you could even develop anxiety, depression because of the effects of having neck pain.
Do you want to keep waiting before you do something about your ever worsening neck pain? OR do you want to try something else?
Jason
