Chronic pain to your back and neck can be caused for numerous reasons. It can sometimes be a symptom of an ongoing illness such as fibromyalgia or occur on its own due to a patient's physical environment and current lifestyle or work habits. Other common causes of chronic back or neck pain include:

• muscle strain
• arthritis
• ruptured disk
• spinal fractures
• spine cancer
• infection of the spine
• damage to spinal nerves
• physical trauma or a car accident causing whiplash
• numbness or tingling in your hands