Our Kenmore clinic at 1/2105 Moggill Rd cares for individuals and families from across Brisbane's western suburbs, including Chapel Hill, Brookfield, Pullenvale, Bellbowrie and Moggill. If you've been putting off getting something checked, we'd love to meet you.

If your alarm goes off and the first thing you notice is a stiff, aching lower back, you're in good company. Morning back pain is one of the most common things we hear about at our Kenmore clinic, and for many people it's the reason they finally decide to get their back looked at.

The good news is that morning back pain often has straightforward contributing factors, and there's plenty you can do about it.

Torticollis comes from the Latin for "twisted neck". Acute torticollis is a sudden onset of neck pain and stiffness, often with the head held tilted or rotated to one side because moving it the other way is too painful. The muscles on one side of the neck go into a protective spasm, which is what creates that locked feeling.

It tends to appear overnight or come on quickly during the day, sometimes after an awkward movement, and sometimes with no obvious trigger at all.