Auto accidents and sports injuries are the leading causes of neck sprains and strains. Other less traumatic activities like reaching, pushing, pulling, moving heavy objects and falls can also trigger these problems. Most commonly, sprains and strains are not the result of any single event but rather from repeated overloading. Tendons and ligaments generally manage small isolated stressors quite well, but repetitive challenges lead to injury in much the same way that constantly bending a piece of copper wire will cause it to break. http://ow.ly/i/vQOyU