title: Management of neck pain: a primary care approach.
abstract: Among the many disorders that cause neck pain, biomechanical stress is the most common. Nonoperative therapies offer relief in most patients within three months. Those with chronic or radicular pain require additional evaluation and multiple therapies for effective relief. Systemic illness and spinal compression require prompt intervention to prevent serious complications.
authors.affiliation: George Washington University Medical Center, Washington, D.C., USA.
authors.forename: D G
authors.initials: DG
authors.lastname: Borenstein
mesh_terms: D006801:Humans; D019547:Neck Pain / Q000209:etiology / Q000628:therapy*; D011320:Primary Health Care; D014481:United States