what treatments work for neck pain

The article about neck pain uses a physical therapy point of view for describes a lot of ways to treat the neck pain.
The first way is mobilisation, what and in a few words, is to improve the movement of the neck joints. this must be done by a physical therapist. some reserch says that this treatment sometimes produce hedaches or more pain.
Manipulation by a chiropractor is other way that appears in the article and consist in a quick move of the neck joints that release the pain. But in 1 of 20 persons it was counter-productive and causes more pain.
Directed exercise, It's also a good way of treatment, the goal is to improve the flexibility of the neck muscles with strengthening exercises. this is better for people with chronic neck pain.
If we combine the treatments that I've said before, we can get better results, and studys have found that manipulation and exercise is the better combination.
there are also some alternative ways of treatment like acupunture. Acupunture is a legendary chinese technique that consist in put needles in specific points, but it's not realy sure how can this help to reduce the pain.
The doctors also recomends drugs for neck pain treatment, using anti-inflamators, painkillers, muscle relaxants and antidepressants.
There are other pain paliatives like TENS. TENS is the use of electric nerve stimulation.
The article talks about special pillows too, but with no studys that confirms it's useful.
as a conclution I can say that in first way, we must see a doctor when we have a serious or reiterative neck pain, because exist a lot of tratments that we can take to get better.
This is the link of the article http://www.guardian.co.uk/lifeandstyle/besttreatments/neck-pain-treatments