The Modern Epidemic
Neck pain has become one of the most common health burdens of our times. What was once seen only in the elderly is now affecting teenagers, young adults, and professionals. The reasons are all around us: children growing up bent over phones, students hunched over books and laptops, working professionals spending eight to ten hours a day at desks, homemakers bending forward through endless chores, and even leisure hours spent scrolling on screens.
Recent research shows that seven out of ten people will suffer cervical pain in their lifetime. In India, the numbers are rising faster than anywhere else, and at younger ages. What begins as stiffness often grows into radiating arm pain, tingling and numbness in the hands, cervicogenic headaches, or dizziness that is mistaken for vertigo but actually originates in the cervical spine. Cervical pain is not just about the neck—it affects confidence, independence, sleep, productivity, and even safety while walking or driving.
At Purple Heron Hospitals, cervical neck pain is treated with urgency, compassion, and a different philosophy. Pain here is not seen as an enemy to be silenced, but as the body’s message asking for restoration.
