My son has been experiencing neck pain for approximately 4 months now. Not real severe, but nagging pain off and on. I have taken him to his Pediatrician 3 times (3 different dr's). Each time the dr's did physical exam of him in office and everything was fine - full mobility, no spasms, no masses, no numbness or radiating pain. He is very healthy otherwise. Gaining weight, growing, plays on basketball team, no trouble in school etc. The pain is always on the right rear of his neck in one particular spot (muscle) and when I massage it for him it feels better. On occasion I give him tylenol. The 3rd visit to dr this week a spinal x-ray was done and came back normal.
My son has never been in a major accident with a car or such, but has taken some hard tumbles just from his boy-hood activities. A couple of years ago he fell on an ice hill face first and put his front tooth through his lip. He also fell off of a bar top in our basesment (shortly before this pain began)and landed butt first on the concrete floor. He's also been in the car on 2 occasions when we were rear-ended, but the speeds were very slow. He plays very rough as nine year olds do.
Would any of the above injuries cause this chronic pain and what types of things could be causing this. Can pain from injuries pop up months after an incident? Any recommendations to take him to a specialist of some kind.
Thank you for your response.
Laurie