Chronic pain to your back and neck can be caused for numerous reasons. It can sometimes be a symptom of an ongoing illness such as fibromyalgia or occur on its own due to a patient's physical environment and current lifestyle or work habits. Other common causes of chronic back or neck pain include:
- muscle strain
- arthritis
- ruptured disk
- spinal fractures
- spine cancer
- infection of the spine
- damage to spinal nerves
- physical trauma or a car accident causing whiplash
- numbness or tingling in your hands