Help! Owwww!

[AVALover5498]

that's good! you should start feelin better soon!

Uggggg, it's the same today!!!

Here's the thing I didn't tell you guys because I thought it would be better today but I have a backstage pass to meet my favorite band Angels And Airwaves tomorrow and I can't see them with a crooked neck!

This sucks.....

-Chris-

[AVALover5498]

I think I'm going to go to the doctor to get some serious muscle relaxers or some pain killers. I'm dying.

-Chris-

[Spaniard]

There is this stuff called Bio-Freeze that you can buy over the counter I believe. This is what they recommended my mother use, she suffers from chornic back problems; I've also used it and the stuff is great

[littleindiangirl]

Did you wake up the other day like this? Any strenuous exercise? Have you tried stretching your neck?

Maybe your experiencing some pulled muscles, in which the only way to really keep loose is by stretching. It hurts, but afterwards you feel much better.

Or you could have a pinched nerve in your neck, where the nerve is being pushed on because of swelling, causing the pain.

[justin81]

The same thing use to happen to me when I was younger. I would wake up with it, and could not move my head at all. Every time I moved my head it almost brought me to tears. I would miss 2-3 days of work becuase of it. The way I would get rid of it was:

- lay down somewhere comfortable because you are going to be there for a while.
- put a heating pad under your neck and make it as hot as you can stand without pain
- rub icy/hot on your neck every 30mins or so
- I took 2 aspirin and 2 ibuprofen every 4 hours (i'm not a doctor, this is just what I did)
- slowly move your head from side to side/up and down to work it out.

Usually took 3 days for me to get back to 100%. I'm getting a MRI next month for neck pain and headaches. Not sure if the neck lock and what I have now are related.

[AVALover5498]

Did you wake up the other day like this? Any strenuous exercise? Have you tried stretching your neck?

When I got up I moved my neck really fast, I'm pretty sure I just pulled a muscle.

I'm going to run to Urgentcare real quick and get some pain killers or something. Thanx for all the help guys, I hope this goes away.

-Chris-

[python.princess]

There is this stuff called Bio-Freeze that you can buy over the counter I believe. This is what they recommended my mother use, she suffers from chornic back problems; I've also used it and the stuff is great

You can only get that stuff from a chiropractor or online.

[AVALover5498]

Ok, guys. I'm alot better now. The heat mat has been my best friend and so has the pain killers haha.

My neck is pretty much ok now. Still kind of sore but I can deal with it.

Anyway, thank you guys sooooooo much for the help. You guys are amazing!

-Chris-

[AVALover5498]

Oh, and while I was in bed I watched like 12 movies haha so I think I'll do a little movie review thread for people who are sick and in bed.
-Chris-

[Schlyne]

Have you considered seeing a chiropractor? They may be able to help. Usually when I get a severe headache these days it's a sure sign that something in my neck is out of place.