Waking up with a sore neck is the last thing you want when starting your day. Neck pain after sleeping can quickly ruin your mood and make simple movements painful.

Thankfully, most common causes of morning neck pain are treatable. Continue reading to learn more about what could be behind your neck pain and how physical therapy can help provide neck pain relief.

Are you struggling with depression, obsessive-compulsive disorder or another mental condition? Are you not responding to medication or psychotherapy? If so, you might want to consider transcranial magnetic stimulation (TMS) treatment.

Are you experiencing tenderness in your shoulder or elbow? If so, it’s possible that you have biceps tendinitis.

Tendinitis refers to inflammation in the tendons, thick fibrous cords that attach your muscle to bone. Biceps tendinitis can develop in either of the two tendons that make up the muscle. One tendon attaches at the shoulder, and the other at the elbow. In most cases, biceps tendinitis develops in the shoulder, causing shoulder pain, swelling and tenderness.

Are you waking up to an intense, stabbing pain in your heel? If so, you may have plantar fasciitis. Plantar fasciitis is an inflammatory condition that develops in the band of tissue that connects your heel bone to the base of your toes. This band of tissue is known as the plantar fascia. Tension and stress on the plantar fascia can cause small tears, leading to inflammation. It’s especially common in runners and individuals with jobs that require long periods of standing, such as factory worker