I have been having severe pain in my neck and upper spine?

Question

ok, my t5 vertabrae is deteriating and this morning i woke up and i could barley move my neck without pain. now everytime i move my neck I have pain shooting up my spine towards my head. when I move my arms it is also creating the pain, I feel presure on my spine between my shoulder blades. does anyone know what is happening, should I seek medical advice. any advice is helpful. thanks

Answer 1

First, see your doctor if it is that bad.

I get neck pains and headaches resulting from either bad alignment (over time), or a one-time-slept-in-a-bad-position event (kink in the neck.) Yes, it can last for days and not correcting it can reinforce the pain.
(I also get headaches when the weather changes ...when a strong low pressure system moves in.)
Yoga is a great way to strengthen and align without expensive chiropractice...start off gentle, then work your way up. Take a class with an experienced teacher to start. Look into these gentle poses:
- cat pose (arch and unarch your back/neck like a cat)
- downward dog
- upward dog

On the office side, check your ergonomics. If using a monitor, the top of the monitor screen should be at your eye level, so that you are basically looking down to view the screen. Avoid angles where you pitch your head up for long periods of time.

On the home side, check the way you sleep. Get the appropriate pillow (firmness) for your sleeping style. If you sleep on your back, you can get by with a softer pillow so that your head does not pitch forward (up). If you sleep on your side, you will probably need a firmer pillow so that your head is aligned in a straight line with the rest of your spine as you sleep. Now if you are a stomach sleeper, this might be a little more difficult...but the main thing is to support a neutral position and straight line when you sleep. I've tried contoured pillows but have had very limited success with them.
If your TV is too high (where you are pitching your head up)...lower the TV or raise your seating position.

Answer 2

Yes, whenever you have severe pain you need medical advice. It sounds as though a condition you are aware of is progressing. The situation may have changed and require treatment.

Until you get medical attention, try to avoid doing things that cause the pain. It sounds like you can't do much without pain.

Answer 3

Try going to Chiropractic , It helped my headaches and put my neck back together it was outta of line ,

Answer 4

could you be having signs of a heart attack? Maybe early warning signs.

Answer 5

if it doesn't go away tomorrow, then yes. you could have pulled a nerve.

Answer 6

a possiible hernia(hiatle)