We have all been there at some point. You wake up after a long night of sleep and your neck feels like it has been locked in a vice. Or maybe you spend your entire workday hunched over a laptop only to realize by 5:00 PM that your shoulders are up at your ears and a dull ache is radiating toward the base of your skull. For most people, a stiff neck is just a passing annoyance, something that a few stretches or a hot shower can fix. But for some, neck pain is more than a tempo

We have all been there—waking up with a stiff neck that makes checking your blind spot while driving feel like a major athletic feat, or dealing with a dull ache that turns into a pounding headache by lunchtime. Neck pain is one of the most common physical complaints in our modern world. Between "tech neck" from staring at smartphones and the stress that tends to settle in our shoulders, our cervical spines are under constant pressure. While a few days of stiffness can usuall