What could be the reason of my neck and back stiffness?

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I have gone through your query and understand your concern. Neck stiffness happens due to cervical muscle spasms. To reduce the neck pain avoid lifting heavy weights, avoid arching your back. Instead, bend your knees to pick up something from the floor, avoid sitting for long hours, avoid two-wheeler rides, improve your posture while sitting. Try to sit up with your back straight, try to get up from your chair every 20 minutes, take a quick walk around, and then continue working. Always sit on a chair with back support, do not get up suddenly from a sleeping position. Rather, turn to the side and then get up, take bed rest only if there is severe pain, do hot fomentations locally over the affected area twice daily, apply Oxalgin gel (Diclofenac sodium, Methyl salicylate and Menthol) for local application twice daily, take a tablet of Pregabalin 75 (Pregabalin and Methylcobalamin) milligrams once a day for 15 days before food, a tablet of Ibuprofen 400 milligrams two times a day for 10 days after food, a tablet of Rabeprazole 20 milligrams two times a day for 10 days before food, tablet of Shelcal (vitamin D) 500 milligrams once a day for 30 days before food, tablet D-shine 60 (Cholecalciferol (Vitamin D3)) once daily for 10 days, then once a month for 11 months. Consult a doctor and take the medication with their consent, take these tablets only if you are not allergic to them. Do not take these tablets if you are a known case of bronchial asthma, do physiotherapy, Do core strengthening exercises. Start training under a physiotherapist. Neck rotations, shoulder shrugs, and shoulder rotation exercises will help. Physiotherapy should be started once the pain reduces. Jogging, running, and weight-lifting may aggravate back problems. The probable diagnosis is cervical spasm. Regarding follow-up consult after five days. Thank you.