eli5: Why does a stiff neck persist for days after you slept in a bad position?

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Why does the stiffness and the pain stay there for a while? What’s the body trying to achieve when you’ve already woken up and gotten out of that bad position?

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You have joints at the top of your neck spinal column and they can get stuck from the muscle or bones and need to be loosened up to stop the pain (stiffness)

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