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Chronic neck pain for over a year

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david12843
david12843

14 months ago I experience a neck pain issue, since then I've been to physical therapy for months, numerous pain meds that don't help in the slightest, anti inflammatory meds don't help, exercise, acupuncture, I've had nerve blocks and steroid injections and neither helped in the slightest. I've seen pain management doctors, chiropractors and neurologists. Neurologist did MRI said she sees nothing must be inflamed muscle, Pain management doc told me muscles don't stay inflamed for 14 months that it's something else, they just don't see it in an MRI or X ray.  I have 24hr around the clock discomfort. I wouldn't call it pain so much. I can't sleep with a pillow, I hear crunching with every move my neck makes, my head feels like it weighs 50 pounds, pain radiates into my shoulders and upper arms and upper back, and after 14 months now I'm getting a little lower back stiffness. It never stops, EVER. I've also noticed in the past few months that my limbs fall asleep very easy and I'm getting cramps that I can't make go away very easy. Any advice on what I might do next?    

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  • sixdeep357
    sixdeep357 david12843

    Posted

    It almost sounds as though continue to aggravate it. Do you work at a computer all day? My neck hurt for about 6 months, I couldn't figure out why, and then one day I realized it was my monitors. I had 3 monitors on my desk, and I'd face one and crank my head to look at the other, and this went on so long that it finally started causing horrific neck pain. I ditched the 3rd monitor, and it still took about 6 months for my neck to finally heal. 

    Is there something in your daily life that you do repeatedly that might be causing this lingering pain? 

  • amy92439
    amy92439 david12843

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    Have you had any improvement yet David?  You sound identical to me.  Lately i have been doing yoga and feel a little less pain but it's still there always.  I have to sleep without any pillows but oddly enough, i like a little pillow under my upper back.  It feels like it stretches it and i can't get enough of it.

    i have been seeing a chiro and massage therapist for the past two years now.  Some days are better than others.

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