What is good for neck pain?

Answer 1

Heating pad with the moist liner works great for me.

Answer 2

Much pain is from muscles below is an example of what may help (based on headaches).
Begin with a couple swigs of molasses or a couple of bananas daily - magnesium (which regulates many things in the body) and potassium (a needed building block for muscles).
Drink at least 1/2 gallons of water per day. Running a body low on water is like running a car low on oil is the analogy the head of neurology at UCDavis told my husband about 10 years ago.

Now to the cause - muscles - your back, neck shoulders and head have tender spots. They are knots in the fibers of the muscles called trigger points. It makes the muscles tight which makes them press on nerves and other things causing the pain.

The cure - start with a professional massage, you will also want to go back over any place you can get to 6-12 times per session up to 6 times per day rubbing (or lightly scratching on your head) every where that is tender until the knots go away. The place where the skull connects to the spine press up under the edge of the skull (to get to those muscles).

For more information read The Trigger Point Therapy Workbook by Davies. It teaches what to do and where the pain comes from.

Answer 3

Try a heating pad. Put it on the highest heat and wrap it around your neck for about an hour as you watch tv, whatever. Try taking Tylonel or another pain reliever and also sleep with two+ pillows at night to keep your neck elevated. This should work!!! Hope this helps -- good luck!!!

Answer 4

To add to the advices above, you might want to try changing a pillow. Try sleeping without a pillow first and see what happens, or use a pillow that is not too high. I have observed that high pillows cause strain to the neck muscles during sleep. Hope this helps.

Answer 5

A really, really good half hour massage. Good enough, yes?

Answer 6

long hot shower,massage, and advil or tylenol