I've just been hit for six again

same here, it all kicked off for me last september.  It was at its worst when it first started but i think now when i have recurrences i recover more quickly because of learning to compensate as they call it.

  How have you and Darren been doing ,in past couple weeks .? Me wll same old going on ,nothing improved .

  My tinnitus has been hell of late  ,with the neck ache and rhinitis going ,so give this food diary a go ,see if there's a link ,that site I'm on has been most helpful Anne ,lots of threads going on ,all what we talk about on here.

    Boots Deep freeze I use ,the rub .if it's not one thing it's something else ,never free of anything these days .You still struggling at work ? Your holiday must seem ages ago .Stay in touch Anne let's know how things go on .hope shoulder eases off .Wonder if Darren doing any better .? chat soon ,hope your week goes better .

saw GP about pain in my shoulder, neck and he px some stronger pain killers and says its a trapped nerve from abnormal bone in neck on MRI scan.  Has referred me to physio but not sure as it was a physio crunching down on my spine last year like a sumo wrestler that i think may have started all my dizziness.  Trying to type on this site is really difficult, not sure if its my computer.

   Yes drink lots of water ,good for headaches so cranial osteopath said to me. Before paracetamol he said .reach for water ,first . I do 4/5 bottles of 50 mls a day . Hope your be okay .

  Any reason to anxiety ? Or. Is it the balance doing it ,as it can .Stressing condition it is .Stay warm ,and get plenty of sleep in .Stay in touch lets know how your doing okay X. 

Will do.  A colleague at work today gave me a lovely head and back massage, she has trained in massage. It was only for about 5 mins.  It was lovely and afterwards i felt much more supple, unfortunately the effects only last a short while but just shows how much improvement can be gained in a short burst.  I am also going to join a pilates or yoga class in the new year as need some gentle exercise.  I mentioned it to my gp who said 'i always get worried when people tell me they're going to start exercising, you're not going to start weight lifting are you & pumping iron?'  I laughed and said 'i wouldn't be able to, i'll start slowly and work my way up'.  I mentioned to him when he said he would refer me to the physio again that I thought the episode i had with physio last year might have triggered my vertigo.  He said not unless she was really rough with you.  I didn't answer 'well actually she was'.  I know i might be a bit of a wuss but that was excessive and having visited an osteopath in the past i have never experience such a severe pounding as i did by the physio which knocked the wind out of me.

what did you mean by 'put back in' regarding your bone?  The GP said i had an abnormal bone in my neck which is causing a trapped nerve.  It's not a disc problem, i don't think. He said it was probably a 'birth defect' whatever that means, think he means i was born with some abnormality.

  Like I said Anne I only had balance trouble 2 days after I saw an osteopath for my sinuses,3 yrs prior ,the last osteopath said it may be now I suffer arthritis ,as it was left so long .hey but still got balance trouble ,so I'm dubious about treatments around the neck /head area. Be careful Anne don't want further probs for you to crop up .that said I've had neck pain since that head virus 9 yrs ago ,but this balance began after that osteopaths 1st visit ,never had it prior .loose faith in a lot of things these days .You know how you are no one else who haven't got your issues ,your work colleagues want to read these post .Who wants this ,they wouldn't if were them ,and could be them so easily .so long to get put back to rights .Birth defect you said that's a cop out when they know nothing ,easy diagnosis to make on there part .

   You know when these things began ,were not kids here talking end of the day.what a right mess these so called treatments can then go on and mess you up further .thats my honest opinion to it ,bad choices I say ,so I'm wary ,very wary ,how I'm left now ,as yourselves here talking .

    I've got that Brain and Spine booklet ,22 pages ,and it's free ,good info that's printed .   

Yes Gillian the spine foundation is a good site about problems that cause dizziness.  I have always suspected it is all connected.  I have bought an infra red massager from amazon today as a friend at work brought theirs in today for us to use and it did help.  I am hopeful that with time this shoulder pain will resolve itself.  Staff are never going to admit, as you say, unless you can prove it, and how can we do that.  It also seems more than a coincidence that having your ears painfully syringed didn't do any damage when they are so delicate.

Yes, ultra sound was great for my neck years ago.  I was told the reason i couldn't lift my neck was because i had a 'virus' in it.  I had never heard of such and thought it strange but she did the ultrasound and it improved dramatically & rapidly.  I might try and look into this again as it is something i have been thinking about also.  I don't know if i can post the link to the massager that i order today but it is on amazon for £27.  I'll try and find the link.

    Hey Anne I'd go for that as treatment .Just don't let anyone pull you around .

  Yea may invest in one myself .Will look them up,expect Baz would get the benifit to .