Last how long?
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GP was pretty useless just gave me painkillers (codeine and naproxen). These mostly work.
I've been to see a chiropractor who disagnosed certical spondylosis. (C5-C6?)
Had a few treatments and movement seems to be much better and not so much shooting pain. BUT still get pretty bad aching pains in shoulder, upper arm and recently some "pins and needles" in hand.
Its been probably 2 months now. How much longer? :-(
Are there better painkillers? I asked GP for injection but because its neck they cant do.
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paulfoel
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So its been probably 10-12 weeks now. I'd say there is "some" improvement but not a huge amount. Is this a normal timeframe?
acydgod paulfoel
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I don't know if there is a normal timeframe, for some it never seems to improve. For me, I was glad to see any improvement and it gave me hope of eventually getting back to normal.
It's probably a good idea to write down a list of symptoms and give them a rating every 3 months to help remind you of progress and what things you can now do. Like I said earlier, my symptoms really took over 1.5 years and there are still some lingering even now that come and go. I feel it has a lot to do with how well I sleep (,often position) and sitting at a computer.
If you Google 'forward head position's on YouTube you will find exercises and other videos that may help show you the problem.
paulfoel acydgod
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aileen18608 paulfoel
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mike09523 paulfoel
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I may have commented before, sorry if I repeat myself.
C/S does not generally go away, or get better on its own after this time scale. You may stay the same, but you may deteriorate over time. The pain for me was like bad tooth ache and earache at the same time, grinding you down.
My eventual pain relief, which took about 13 months to achieve, consists of: naproxen, gabapentin, amatriptaline and morphine based pain patch. Much better pain control but together with other meds leaves me wiped out most days.
Mike.