A burning pain in my neck that runs up into my head. It happens when I turn it some times. Its the worst when I drive long distances and my neck gets stiff from looking forward and when I turn it, I can't do any thing but think of the burning pain (scale of 1-15 defiantly a 15) that last about 2 seconds. After the pain a tingle for about two hours it seems the pain gets worse and worse every time. I’ve been dealing with it for since I was about 14, but I'm starting to worry, when I tell people they don't seem to care.
2006-09-18 08:55:04 · 7 answers · asked by Letmebeme 2 in Health ➔ Other - Health
The people you should be telling are medical professionals. Its probably something like a pinched nerve or some other thing you may be doing by the way you hold your head, but you shouldn't ignore it.
People can do stuff like get everything "out of alignment", and it sets off any number of "offnessess". Sometimes the person keeps re-doing and re-doing an injury, so that it never gets a chance to improve. Once someone has an injury it can take longer than one would think to get so the person is no longer vulnerable to re-doing it.
Any chance you sleep in a position that would put strain on one neck muscle or another? For example, if you sleep on your stomach and the surface you sleep on is slanted uphill from one side to another, if you rest your head on your arm you could actually be forcing your head to twist more over your shoulder than it should. If you do something like this, it could be that you haven't had a long-term problem but instead that you've been repeatedly causing a series of short-term problems by sleeping wrong.
Allowing muscles to get too tense and stay that way can also aggravate this type of thing. Any pain can be made far worse when a person tenses up.
When I first saw your question (before I read how long you've had this) I was thinking "heart attack". After I read how long you've had it, naturally, I was no longer thinking that. My point is, though, I don't think you should just ignore this. There may be something (even if its only some exercises) that could reduce the problem for you.
2006-09-18 09:06:22 · answer #1 · answered by WhiteLilac1 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
You may have ruptured or injured a disc in the upper column of your back. It would be beneficial to see a specialist for this because after a while you can begin to develop loss of movement and numbness in your arms.
My friend has had the same problem that you have described and it was as a result of a ruptured disc.
My advice to you in this case is to not go to a chiropractor. If it is a ruptured disc the fragments could settle into the spinal column and case paralysis or even cause you to stop breathing. If the doctor says it is a pinched nerve a chiropractor might be okay.
2006-09-18 09:04:16 · answer #2 · answered by rltouhe 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Take yourself to the doctor. Could be a pinched nerve or disk problem, but you really need to let an expert check you out.
2006-09-18 08:59:20 · answer #3 · answered by WEIRDRELATIVES 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Pinched nerve
2006-09-18 08:56:08 · answer #4 · answered by momie_2bee 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋
A week is too long, I would get to the doctor. You may have a migraine or something else going on. Better safe than sorry.
2016-03-13 13:30:37 · answer #5 · answered by ? 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Pinched nerve...try a chiropractor.
2006-09-18 08:59:30 · answer #6 · answered by dathinman8 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Call your doctor or health care provider
2006-09-18 08:58:02 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋