1. Neck Pain Relief Chiropractor |
Tompkins Family Chiropractic |
Oro Valley Neck Pain Relief
Chiropractor | Tompkins Family
Chiropractic | Oro Valley

2. By: Dr. Emil Tompkins, A
Oro Valley Chiropractor
with a passion for health
and wellness.

3. Where do you turn when your
neck hurts?
Neck pain happens for a number of
reasons. For me it was an attempt to place a
small mattress onto a shelf hanging from a
ceiling in our garage.

4. As I was placing the mattress
onto the shelf, I was realizing
that I didn’t have enough
leverage to raise the mattress so
I placed my head underneath the
mattress (dumb idea), re-
positioned my hands, lifted the
mattress and POP!!

5. I heard the most horrific
sound coming from my neck
and I knew it wasn’t good. I
visited my Chiropractor and in
a few adjustments, I was
back to life as usual. I
realized quickly that my neck
wasn’t designed for
weightlifting.

6. All of our stories are different, but
the things that are the same is that
when you have neck pain, it can be
debilitating. It can lead to
headaches and migraines. It can
prevent us from sleeping well and it
can really ruin our lives if we don’t
prevent it and come up with a
solution right away.

7. If we’re going to get on top
of the neck pain, the first
thing we want to understand
is what is causing our
pain. I’ll go over a few
reasons we get pain in our
neck:

8. Whiplash: Whiplash is caused
by a sudden distortion of the
neck, usualy from a fall or
automobile accident. The
sudden forces, shift the spine
out of position then stretched
the ligaments and muscles in
the area.

9. Strain: when the muscles
deform due to increased stress
on those muscles. People with
jobs that require a forward head
position or constant movement
or rotation of the neck can see
more strains.

10. Arthritis: The joints of the
spine can, over time wear down
and that breaking down of the
joint is osteoartiritis. This is a
progressive degenerative
process that if left uncorrected
will cause continued problems
throughout life.

11. Subluxations: When the spine
shifts out of position, it begins
to put pressure on the nerves
that travel out of the neck. This
pressure is something that will
affect nerve function. When the
nerves
aren’t functioning properly,

12. then we will have increased pain,
or simply decreased function in
that area of the body. Sometimes
subluxations don’t cause pain but
they will always affect how your
body works.

13. If you’re experiencing neck pain,
one of your goals would be to
understand the cause of that
pain. Your family chiropractor will
make sure that he or she is
completely understanding the
cause of your problem. Then taking
the proper steps to correct it will be
necessary.

14. In our office, we work to provide
corrective care without drugs or
surgery in any way.
First, if there is any problem with
the spine shifting out of postion,
we will make
gentle adjustments to correct the
positioning of the spine. But it
can’t stop there.

15. Correcting the spinal position is
incredibly valuable, however if we
don’t stabilize those structures, your
problem will return.
Along with your adjustments, you
would need some very
specific exercises to train those
muscles to hold the spine more
stable.

16. Then, specific corrective traction is
applied to help mold the ligaments
of the spine into a more normal
position, allowing the spine to
maintain a more normal curvature.
When you put these multiple pieces
together, you will notice decreased
neck pain and an improved well
being.

17. Those adjustments do more than
help pain. As you allow your
nervous system to function more
properly, then you will notice a
multitude of health.
As a Chiropractor, I’m thankful to
know that we can help others with
thier neck pain. As a person who
dealt with neck pain,

18. I’m very thankful for my
Chiropractor for helping me to be
as healthy as I can be. Our weekly
visit is one of the highlights of my
week.
If you want to be free of your neck
pain, make chiropractic care a part
of your health care team. We have
cared for thousands of paople in
southern Arizona.

19. We know neck pain. We
can relieve neck pain. Call
us at 520-572-2596 for an
evaluation. Your body will
thank you for it.
Dr. Emil Tompkins.