How to Classify Neck Pain

There's lots of different ways we can think about it on patho anatomical lines time mechanism one set that type of thing with neck pain how do you tend to think about it or categorize the pain. I still categorize neck pain as idiopathic or mechanical neck pain as trauma-induced neck pain such as whiplash and then getting into our cervical radiculopathies etc. Think some of those classifications probably are helpful on a second tier really of directing treatment but I must admit I'm not a huge one on classification systems. Do a thorough assessment and let the assessment guide how I'm going to manage them.

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