Headache for 3 weeks and stiff/painful neck?

I had similar type of neck pain and headache. Ended up being admitted to hospital, the pain was so bad. Nothing found, nothing done.

ive gone to a chiropractor and she's found d a problem in muscles across top of my back/ shoulders which have affected my neck. Places she said are affected, and how the pain travels from the neck along certain nerves are exactly where I told 4 doctors the pain was and none of them could identify it. 

So, pain makes us hold ourselves more stiffly, tensely, we might not always notice it but we do. This tightens up muscles and they have trouble relaxing. Mine was probably started by sanding 4 wooden floors and also throwing ball for dog!

I'd suggest you try: 

painkillers every four hours so pain doesn't get bad.

ice pack, wrapped in cloth on your upper back, and shoulders , across back of neck for 10 minutes every hour.

after the ice pack, GENTLY move your head right then left, nod up and down, slowly only as far as comfortable. And over to the side ( as if trying to rest ear in shoulder) my movement was tiny to .start with.

shrug your shoulders, rotate your arms. Relax and then put ice pack on when hour is up and repeat.

if it was an infection it would have shown up in blood tests and responded to antibiotics. You know it's nothing serious like meningitis. 

You might have sinus problems. This gives dreadful headache.

mix 1 mug tomato juice, 1 tablespoon lemon juice, 1 teaspoon hot sauce like Tabasco and 1 clove of garlic, crushed. Tastes better than it sounds! Warm in microwave. Drink 2 mugs 2 hours apart and any sinus problems will subside.

goid luck.

Try some Migraleve tablets Jess ,lots including myself have what your describing ,I've got rhinitis and tinnitus ( hissing/ ringing ears ) ,drink lots of water stay hydrated as much as you can .ear infections do linger on ,not all antibiotics work .Neck ache I put frozen peas on mine ,works better than heat for me .Could be just a virus ,and in time it will just burn itself out .hope your feel better soon ,stay as warm as you can Jess .

Hello Jess,

is pain there in one of the eyeball or nearby area? Do you have swelling on half of the head including neck and shoulder on one side? is pain always there or during teh sleep cycles only? I am a CH patient and when it occurs during sleep cycles, it results in swelling in half head, including neck and shoulder, pain in half face including jaw. but once cycle is over it is all gone.

Hello Jess, by back of the neck do you mean occipital area? if you have runnning or blocked nose (one of the nostrills), tearing eye and if you wake up in the middle of the sleep, it can be Cluster headache(CH). I have these symtoms since i was almost 18year old, but i am an episodic patient with a remission period of >23months. from last 3 episodes from 2010 I am taking medicated oxygen during the cycles(4 to 6weeks). I leaves no post headache affects else I also used to have the post headache hangovers(aura sort of) for couple of days.

Pls consult with a neuro, if this is CH then best is oxygen therapy, it is natural with no side effects + there wont be any post headache effects pain will go in 10 to min like anything.

hi jess your symptoms sound very much like cluster headaches symptoms 

I read this over a year after you had posted it ! How did you get on and did your doctor diagnose the problem.

Hope you are better?