Medically reviewed by Mallory Christopherson, DC Key Takeaways Sleeping on your stomach can cause neck pain because it forces ...

We've all been there before. Running along the basketball court or swimming across the pool, when, all of a sudden, we experience a sharp pain in our foot or leg. Muscle cramps are common, affect ...

Adult torticollis, also known as cervical dystonia or “wryneck,” is a condition where your neck muscles go into spasm and pull your head to one side. Torticollis is often painful and can provoke ...

Sometimes moving your head just doesn’t feel right. Whether you slept on the wrong pillow or sat in a hunched position for too long, neck pain causes can be obvious—but sometimes the reason for your ...

Mets third baseman David Wright was removed from Sunday's game due to a muscle spasm on the side of his neck, the team announced. Wright dealt with shoulder soreness last weekend before developing the ...

Q: A few months back I started to have a tightness in my neck, mostly on the right. I tried to ignore it, but then my head began to bend toward my right shoulder. Sometimes I cannot straighten it. As ...

Platysmal bands are two strips of muscle that run vertically down both sides of your neck. They’re caused by contractions of the platysma, the most superficial muscle layer in the face and neck. While ...

World No. 1 Nelly Korda attended a press conference Tuesday at the KPMG Women's PGA Championship with therapeutic tape on her neck. Korda explained that she suffered a spasm the day before during ...

World-renowned singer Celine Dion shared a vulnerable moment of her experience with stiff-person syndrome in a raw scene in the new documentary “I Am: Celine Dion.” The film, released Tuesday on Prime ...

Muscle knots are highly irritated muscle fibers that have tightened into a ball in one area of your muscle. These painful, tender spots can feel sore and often occur in your upper back, shoulders, or ...