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A stiff neck in the morning, burning tension between your shoulders and neck after a long day at the office, or headaches radiating from your neck: neck pain is one of the most common complaints we see at our pain therapy practice in Zurich. By combining Liebscher & Bracht pain therapy with Winback Tecar deep heat, we treat not just the tension itself, but its underlying cause.
Typical symptoms include pain and stiffness in the neck, restricted head rotation (such as when checking your blind spot while driving), hardening of the trapezius muscle, pain radiating into the shoulders or arms, and tension headaches that travel from the neck to the back of the head or forehead. With chronic neck tension, symptoms tend to return whenever stress or screen time increases.
If the pain is accompanied by tingling or numbness in your arms and hands, or if it follows an accident, you should consult a doctor first.
The primary cause of modern neck pain is our posture: we spend hours looking at screens and smartphones, causing our heads to push forward and our shoulders to hunch up. The neck muscles must constantly support the weight of the head—several kilograms—in this position, causing the muscles and fascia in the neck and shoulder area to shorten and harden.
From the Liebscher & Bracht perspective, neck pain is an alarm signal for this chronic overload. Massages provide temporary relief, but as long as the tension patterns remain, the tightness will return. Lasting improvement only occurs when excessive tension is reduced and shortened structures are stretched back out.
Using osteopressure, we specifically target the pressure points on the back of the head, cervical spine, shoulder blades, and chest area that are responsible for excessive neck tension. Many patients find they can turn their heads much more freely immediately after the first session.
You will also receive targeted stretches for your neck, chest, and shoulders—short exercises that you can easily incorporate into your workday to prevent tension from building up again.
Winback Tecar deep heat is particularly soothing for neck tension: radiofrequency energy warms the hardened trapezius and deep neck muscles from within, boosting circulation and making restricted fascia supple again. This makes even chronically hardened tissue, which often no longer responds to massage, treatable once more.
The combination—double the effectiveness: First, deep heat releases the hardening, then osteopressure reduces the tension at its source—and the targeted stretches keep your neck loose in the long term. This is how we break the cycle of tension, pain, and recurring tightness.
In the short term, heat and movement help. To prevent the tension from returning, the root cause must be addressed: we reduce excessive tension with osteopressure, make the tissue supple with Winback Tecar deep heat, and provide you with specific stretches for your daily routine.
Yes, very often. Tension headaches are frequently caused by hardened neck and shoulder muscles. When this tension is reduced, the headaches usually subside as well—learn more on our page about headaches and migraines.
Many patients notice significantly freer head movement and less pain after just the first session. For chronic neck tension, several treatments plus regular practice are usually required.
