are there glands on the back of your neck? and the base of your skull?

Answer 1

There are no glands there... thyroid is in the front of your neck and the pituitary is deep in the brain. There are a series of lymph nodes there that can get swollen and tender if there has been an immune response recently. If they are tender and mobile (they move when you push them around) I would not worry too much.

Answer 2

muscles

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

There are lymph nodes thru out your body.... my son gets a swollen node on the back of his neck when he's sick. You could be fighting an infection. Watch it for a few days... and if it doesn't clear up, see your doctor.

Answer 4

I think it's the pituary gland

Answer 5

Thyroid....lymphnodes...yes