... Glad that you are better... I suggest that you get yourself a good sleeping pillow that is designed to keep your neck straight.. Also, a big huge pillow between your knees while sleeping will help keep you from turning around much and reduces stress.. ... (3 replies)
... Hi. Thanks for the response. On Thursday, I decided it'd be best not to try to move it anymore, so I kept my neck as straight as possible all day. Friday it felt much better and yesterday I barely noticed it anymore. ... (3 replies)
... Massaging it may do you some good, but dont go crazy.... If this lasts for weeks, and is not getting better, then see a spine specialist to make sure your not pinching a nerve.. ... (3 replies)
... I must've done something to my neck last night like sleep on it wrong because I woke up feeling like I pulled something. At first, I moved my neck in every direction to try to make it go away, but that was a few hours ago and it still hurts when I turn it a certain way. ... (3 replies)
... I was doing weightlifiting yesterday, when i got off the machine I felt a small pain on the left side of my neck. Funny how you dont notice it until your done with the exercise. ... (1 replies)
... I was very tense during a long, stressful nighttime highway drive in heavy traffic and rain. I woke up the next a.m. with a locked muscle. ... (7 replies)
... XRays of spine and found the above. Tried PT, but made symptoms worse, so then they sent me to pain mgmt, which gave me muscle relaxer, pain medication, etc. which has helped with muscle spasms in lower back and dulled pain. Today I had my first cortisone steroid injection at C4 nerve. ... (1 replies)
... er upper arm area and some weird weakness on the right arm... I can do stuff and the hand grip test was normal but it feels WEIRD and uncomfortable. When I first pulled it I thought I had a stroke cause my right arm got sudden weakness and tingly and almost numb... but then it got better the next day but still feels vulnerable. ... (0 replies)
... great advice choc. the thing here is, you do not know for certain whether this IS indeed a 'pulled" or overly strained muscle, or a possible symptom of an underlying problem, you know what i mean? ... (2 replies)
... Do you recall what you were doing when you pulled the muscle? ... (2 replies)
... I started having pain in the upper part of my neck on Saturday. On Sunday and Monday it was slightly worse. Tuesday I could barely move my neck. Today is Thursday and it hasn't gotten any better. ... (2 replies)
... Stretching is definately important... Also, before lifting your desired weight, warm up with a very light weight first, to get the muscle "warm".. Also, dont jerk your weights... Go slow, hold it for a second, and go back so that you dont injure yourself... ... (1 replies)
... I was in a mishap with an elevator 5 weeks ago . ... (4 replies)
... side of my spine, but can expand out some to my right shoulder blade and also run to the very top of my shoulder. It first happened just sitting at home with my neck craned down and to one side watching tv. Since then it has happened repeatedly while working out. ... (7 replies)
... ine, but now I have severe pain in the middle of my back and beneath both shoulder blades. The pain is so severe that I can't sleep. I am taking pain meds, plus muscle relaxants, but that is of little help. ... (0 replies)
... They have checked my reflexes, visual field, blood pressure and listen to my chest for a few seconds which they say is all fine too. They have come to the conslusion that it is probably all stress related. ... (12 replies)
... I am currently 28 years old. I have suffered from back inflammation on and off for about ten years. I have also pulled several muscles in my back over the years from lifting heavy things. I am a very small person. ... (11 replies)
... ld stop ALL treatments immediately or else you will just perpetuate the problem in your mind. That may be so, but if it's not just in my mind then that might be a very BAD thing to do. ... (16 replies)
... cervical spine as well as spinal stenosis and I also have 5 disc herniations between my neck and low back. ... (4 replies)
... Was all your pain for the 5 days or had you had pain for a long time and the pain intensified and after 5 days you couldn't sleep? ... (6 replies)
