Stiff Neck?

Question

Hello everyone!

Recently (for a day) my mom has had problems with her neck: she cannot move her neck to look sideways, and it hurts to even yawn.
Its on her left side, behind the ear (lower section).

She is 45...

Help? What would help allevieate her pain?
Hot pads, icepacks, something else?>

Any suggestions are helpful!

Thanks!
luckynumba23 ;-)

Answer 1

Your Mom may have strained her neck sleeping or doing other tasks without even realizing it. Try the heating pad and Anti inflammatory like Ibuprofen and some muscle rub, even though her neck hurts it will help if she continues to try and move it without straining her self, Normal movement will start to work any kinks out if that's the case & may help relive some of the stiffness as well..... HOWEVER if your mom devopes any other symptoms like flu like systoms, rash, sore throut ect.... Its important that she see a doctor right away.. But dont worry though Im sure this is nothing to worry about other then her straining her neck somehow or neck spasms (muscles)
I hope your Mom starts to feel better soon and hopefully one of these things will help her to feel abit better...

Answer 2

Could be a herniated disc or a pinched nerve. If it's a stiff neck, try a good pillow and make sure she is not sleeping with a draft on her neck. If it's a disc, she will need meds to get rid of the inflammation.

Answer 3

This usually lasts for a few days. I don't know of any medical treatments. All i can say or do is have your mom cause pressure to that spot my tilting her head toward the pain slowly' not all at once. Doing that a good amout of time reduces the pain slowly and gets rid of it faster.

Answer 4

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Answer 5

that is exactly what i have at moment,i am using heat pads and taking anti inflammatory and paracetamol /codeine