Which product to use when suffering from a stiff neck?

Question:
For several years I’ve been coping with my neck that stiffens up occasionally. Pain, stiffness of the fingers and fluid accumulation in the fingers is the result of this. Once my neck is treated again, the symptoms disappear. Treated by an osteopath, which helps for a few months, but then my neck falls back into some a kind of ‘lock’ state again. What can I use best?

Answer:
The ‘locking’ of the neck may be due to several reasons. Depending on the nature of the cause, our supplements may or may not provide relief. With many people, it’s due to a thinning of the intervertebral discs (osteoarthritis). This allows the vertebrae to move closer to each other and may cause all sorts of secondary symptoms.

We have seen that glucosamine in combination with chondroitin (or the supplement Arthro-5) may decrease the symptoms as a result of spinal osteoarthritis. We especially see this in people that have this issue in their lower back. We don’t have enough feedback from people who suffer from this problem in the neck.

In case of osteoarthritis in the neck it will result in very complex pain symptoms because a lot of muscles are involved. The sagging of the vertebrae causes muscles to develop a higher base tension. Tense muscles are a source of pain and pinching symptoms.

Unfortunately you need a lot of patience. With spinal osteoarthritis in the lower back the decrease in symptoms are usually noticeable after a year!