How a Neck Brace Works to Relieve Pain
A neck brace will keep your head relatively still while you recover from an injury. There are different types, ranging from the simple wrap-around model to the nearly rigid kind. Which one you wear depends on the cause of your neck pain.
Neck braces have been around since the days of ancient Egypt and Greece. Also known as cervical collars, these devices are used to immobilize the head, relieve neck pain, and allow healing. One very common use for a neck brace is for a neck injury sustained in a car accident — according to one study, more than a million cases of whiplash occur in the United States every year and nearly two-thirds of the victims will develop neck pain.
There are three reasons you might need to wear a neck brace:
The most common reason is to relieve pain. The neck brace helps your neck support the weight of your head while the soft tissues in your neck have a chance to heal.
You may need a neck brace after spinal neck surgery to keep your neck bones in line while you heal.
If you have a serious accident, a neck brace may be put on you as a precautionary measure until possible injuries to your neck can be evaluated.
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