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