need help - nerve pain - neck

Unfortunately your situation is complicate. The difficult part is to find a good practitioner.

I see two options:

- Yes, you find an osteopath, one who do soft manipulations. See him several times. Go with your x-ray so he will be reassured that you have nothing serious and so he can manipulate you with confidence. If can eventually get informations from the x-ray by reading your cervicals position.

- Find someone, eventually a physiotherapist, who can do this manipulation: you lay on the back and the therapist is behind you. He put you head in a towel, raise a bit your head with the towel, you relax as much as you can, and then use the towel as a drive belt to rotate a bit an vibrate your head two times, see? This should unblock the nerve. But you have to find someone who know the manipulation.
 
Wow, I might explore that option, today I had a 3rd appointment, (it's several visits) and felt better than before, but the problem is there, I'm not sure if there is a lymph node there but i feel a small ball that swells when my neck is hurting.

I will try to find a good practitioner, thank you guys.

In summary so far:
Ice helps, massages help, ice/hot patch on muscles help, tapping helps, DMSO helps, sleeping completely straight helps, small pillow helps.
Weather changes do not help (so you can imagine), exercise does not help much, stretching neck does not help (lower back does, or very carefully).
I'm taking Vitamin B complex (intended to get Folic Acid/B12 which is good for the nervous system but got the complex instead), and cut off coffee, using turmeric/ginger on food (anti-inflammatory).

It all helps a little.
 
Hi Felipe4

I understand what you said, Helps a little and Not so much. I also understand what you mean about the banana curve. The weight of your head is pulling on muscles that are not meant for that weight or shape. You may have a nerve that's in a twist. This is what works for me and everything you've tried I'm familiar with also.
If you are able to soak in a warm tub at least 15 min. Then rub in castor oil just like it is lotion and let it soak in. The front and back of your neck and top of back and shoulders. It will seem heavy but will soak in really rather quickly. Drape a towel over your shoulders for a bit maybe while you lay down for a few. If this works for you this can be done as often as you like. If you don't have a tub try a hot moist towel. The castor oil should be cold pressed with no Hexine something like this one as an example since I don't know what is available in your area. The best to you....
http://www.vitaminshoppe.com/p/heritage-castor-oil-16-fl-oz-oil/je-1021?sourceType=sc&source=FG&adGroup=40-60&keyword=JE-1021&cm_mmc=Google+Shopping-_-Product+Listing+Ads-_-40-60-_-JE-1021&gclid=COf_hIGcrb4CFQeVfgod3FIAPw&gclsrc=aw.ds#.U3RSwiia-J0
 
Hey Felipe, since you mentioned having a tooth extracted and it being related to previous neck pain, I'm wondering if there could be a similar issue this time around too? I don't know if my experience relates to yours but I had a root canal that would get inflamed and cause neck pain as well as headaches. I controlled it as much as I could with diet (which was essential) but eventually I needed to have it extracted. When it would get really bad I would swish pure DMSO (or dilute it very slightly) for about 20 minutes or I would also swish ground comfrey root mixed with hot water for about 20 min. Those things were always effective. I've also taken naproxen sodium (which is the generic 'Aleve') and that would knock out the inflammation too. These are short term solutions, but it may help to figure out if there is a problem with any of your teeth.
 
That doesn't sound like a bad idea Ronnie, i dont have a tub but i remember using the towels during the first episode and i remember it did help some. Castor oil i havent red much, but I'm down to try it.

Renaissance, i did notice both incidents related, my guess is that the lymph nodes swell when there is an infection and it creates presure on the surrounding area, the neck has lymph nodes on the sides which when swollen hit the nearby nerves, but more than that,with my tooth i had to have my head tillted until i could get the tooth removed because it was more comfortable that way, i might have created the problem then...
Did you also tillted you head to find comfort with your tooth?

I have read that (as bad as it may sound) some tooth abcesses burst open next to your throat!! I see there is a relation between the two. My teeth need a check up and fix but nothing extreme like the first time.
 
Hello , everyone, wanted to share this exercises if you are dealing with cervical pain (upper back/neck)

for the past three days I've been experiencing some really annoying pain on my lower, upper back, and neck, along with some fever and detox symptoms (probably the iodine), nausea and can't sit for too long.

As far as my neck goes, what i noticed this time is that i had pressure on top of my head, and my upper back is curved.

I went to bed with a blanket under my shoulder blade bones, and another kinda pulling my head upwards (leveled) creating a bridge pulling my head away from the shoulders and remaining straight. and it did help, i wanted to share some videos that i saw once and will try today because they worked for me in the past. (yesterday i couldn't do them, because the muscles were too stiff)



_https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pUouglVFJ2o

_https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TffT8b3Ych4



The second video has some great exercise I would recommend, it works better when using a towel than using your hands.

After trying this exercise the first time, some months ago, i experienced stiffness, weakness, and like i was beaten up, but, that is accumulated tension being released, it does help to do them regularly to train the back to remain in a good posture.
 
Thanks, Felipe4 for posting those videos. I'm a big fan of simple posture exercises like these, that you can do anywhere and anytime. I subscribed to both of those YouTube channels, and I'm going to watch their other videos when time permits. :)

If you ask me, I think that everyone would benefit by doing these types of exercises for a few minutes per day.
 
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