This page is awaiting validation. It does not replace a consultation or a programme adapted to your situation.
Before the first appointment
Prepare your prescription, existing investigation reports and medicine list. Note how long symptoms have been present, what has changed and which activities are difficult. You do not need to identify the diagnosis yourself to describe your situation.
Mention accidents, surgery, arm symptoms, headaches and dizziness. Something that seems separate from neck pain may change assessment. With emergency signs, seek direct medical help first.
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Understand the picture
Care built around your situation
Assessment
Understand symptoms, limitations and precautions.
Goal
Choose what you want to regain in daily life.
Progression
Adapt activity and review its effect.
Understanding assessment
Depending on your situation, assessment may consider movement, activities, strength and nerve symptoms. It helps establish progression and whether further medical advice is needed. Imaging alone cannot replace this process.
Examination should be explained and adapted. You can ask what a test is checking, report discomfort and stop a movement. Tell the clinician about new signs between sessions rather than always waiting for the next appointment.
Choosing concrete goals
A goal may be looking to the side more easily, tolerating a task or returning to an activity. These provide measures beyond a pain score. Priorities should fit your daily life.
Progression may combine mobility, strength, endurance and task adjustments. Dose and pace depend on your response. There is no identical programme for every neck pain or number of sessions guaranteeing success.
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Understanding the proposed approach
Education and active participation have an important role in common neck pain care. Hands-on techniques may be discussed as a complement. They should have a goal and should not make you dependent on repeated unblocking.
Ask what to do between sessions and how to recognise an excessive response. Useful instructions include movement, dose, adjustments and stop signs. The exercise page offers general examples to adapt after assessment.
When are other professionals involved?
Migraine needs appropriate medical management; jaw pain may need dental assessment; unexplained dizziness needs investigation. Neck treatment does not replace these steps. Evolving nerve symptoms may also require prompt referral.
Check specific needs and available care with the practice. This page does not confirm specialist vestibular, jaw or neurological services. Referral to a suitable professional can form part of useful care.
Reviewing the effect and adjusting the plan
Review chosen activities, sleep, exercise response and any new symptoms. Limited progress calls for discussion of dose, obstacles and, where necessary, diagnosis. Repeating the same technique without a goal is not the only option.
Improvement can be gradual and uneven. However, deteriorating strength, walking or hand precision should not be treated as an ordinary bad day. Follow appropriate medical advice in that situation.
In everyday life
Preparing your first appointment
Documents
Prescription, useful reports and current medicines.
Main question
What you want to understand or regain.
Follow-up
How to monitor effects and when to get back in touch.
Confirmed practical information
Kiné Diddeleng is at 23 Av. Grande-Duchesse Charlotte, 3441 Dudelange, Luxembourg. The practice telephone is +352 20 26 00 44. Hasib Selimovic is the practice’s only physiotherapist. Treatment requires a medical prescription; home visits are not offered.
The Contact page lets you prepare a callback request and choose a preferred language. First-visit and CNS information is available in the practical sections. Coverage depends on your circumstances; general estimates do not guarantee reimbursement.
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Your questions
Do I need a prescription?
Yes. Treatment at the practice requires a medical prescription. The First visit section explains useful documents and practical details.
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Does the practice treat every cause of dizziness or jaw pain?
This guide does not confirm those specialisms. Contact the practice to check whether your needs match its services; further assessment or referral may be appropriate.
How many sessions will I need?
This depends on assessment, goals and progress. A fixed number cannot be promised from a symptom or article.
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Sources and references
- [1] Assurance Maladie — Cervicalgie : que faire et quand consulter ?
- [2] HAS — Cervicalgies : ne pas recourir de façon systématique à l’imagerie
- [3] NHS Inform — Mechanical neck pain
- [4] NIDCR / NIH — Temporomandibular disorders
- [5] NHS Inform — Cervical radiculopathy
- [6] DEGAM / AWMF · S3 Nicht-spezifische Nackenschmerzen (2025)
- [7] NHS Inform · Exercises for neck problems
- [8] NHS — Migraine
- [9] NICE NG127 · Dizziness and vertigo in adults
- [10] NICE CG150 — Headaches in over 12s: recommendations
- [11] CGDIS Luxembourg · 112
- [12] NHS · Stroke symptoms
- [13] Kiné Diddeleng · Informations pratiques confirmées
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