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Neck & Headaches

Stiff necks, tension-type headaches and screen-days, how they connect and what honestly helps.

Open-plan office at dusk, a man leaning back in his chair phone in hand held low on his chest, neck bent forward, warm desk lamp glow against blue window light, colleagues blurred in the background

Neck pain at work: what the NHS advises

NHS guidance on neck pain: common causes, why long periods in one position can trigger pain, and self-help tips including keeping moving and gentle exercise.

21/09/2026

A woman in her thirties at a desk by a window pressing two fingers into the base of her skull above the neck, eyes closed, hair loosely tied, laptop open in front of her, plants and rain streaks on the window glass

Neck & Headaches NH-001

Can your neck cause tension-type headaches? Often, yes

The neck-headache pathway is real and treatable: stiff upper cervical joints, guarding muscles and referred pain, and what actually helps both ends.

21/09/2026

The reading room

Pages kept by other editors, each read before it earned a place here.

Complementary care deserves the same scrutiny as any prescription, and an evidence ledger on acupuncture asks the plain question, condition by condition, before a single needle is booked.
Half of our patients blame a dog that pulls on the leash, so we return the favour: a desk on canine joint health keeps the other end of the lead moving well too.
Spines do not retire, and a French guide to ageing well maps the honest question for Luxembourg readers: what actually keeps a body mobile past sixty.
Expectant parents ask us first about pregnancy back pain, then about everything else that arrives with the baby, and French wording for a birth notice is the next question our French-speaking patients bring.