Trapezitis is an inflammatory pain arising from the trapezius muscle (Picture 1) causing a severe neck spasm. This muscle lies at the back of the neck and helps in shrugging movement of the shoulders along with upward movement of the head. Unlike torticollis, the pain and stiffness due to trapezitis, is episodic and lasts >> Read More ...
Torticollis or wry neck (Picture 1) is a disease since birth, which causes fibrosis of the muscle sternocleidomastoid. The fibrosis can also be a result of birth trauma or trauma during childhood to the sternocleidomastoid muscle. Normally, this muscle helps in nodding and side to side movements of the neck. Thus, >> Read More ...
Neck spasm is a painful and discomforting stiffness of the neck muscles. It is a highly disabling condition, which greatly prevents a person from leading a normal life. Neck spasm is seen either since childhood, in which case we call it torticollis, or in adulthood, where we call it trapezitis. Both these diseases have >> Read More ...
