Sharp pain behind the ear

[cubes3000]

I just want to ask everyone, do you all sit in front of the computer for hours? I do, because this is my job. I wonder if you all do. I suspect sitting in one position, the head and neck in one position all day everyday. Maybe that’s what causes it.

I’ve had this pain behind my left ear for days now. Then I came to this site and read about everyone’s symptoms, very similar to mine. Today is my day off and I avoided the computer except to write this, so I can help others hopefully. The pain doesn’t appear much anymore, just rarely. Also for the past few days I’ve been exercising my face and head. I turn my head in all directions repeatedly. Up, down, side to side, diagonally. Then I exercise my facial muscle by sticking out my tongue as far as I could. Forward, to the left, to the right, up, down. Then I exercise my cheeks, I fill my cheeks with air like I’m blowing a balloon. Do all of these repeatedly during the day. If you can add to it, do it. I can feel my neck muscles get relief. Today I napped as long as I could. Rest is important to the body. I haven’t seen a doctor but my symptoms are getting better so I have hope that one day this will pass. Good luck everyone. And try to avoid sitting in front of the computer or TV for long hours. Or at least do the exercises to change your head position.

[Alek_M]

I also work from home, usually while sitting in a chair for hours. I used to change positions, sit, stand, lay down and work with laptop on my knees or on the ground, all this to avoid getting pain in my neck and my back. Worked very well for the most part. However, I did push it a lot while sitting down only, for the last few days. And this is exactly what I have been suffering with for the past 2 days. I've been doing a lot of work lately and maybe that's what caused it. There were no warnings (maybe the coffee blocked it) I just woke up with the pain. It lasts for under a second and depending if I'm sitting or lying down the frequency changes. The pain is like a spike, and quite high on scale and very unpleasant. Right now I'm lying down while writing this on my laptop and it's a lot better. So I would suggest to everyone working from home to regularly change positions while working and do this whenever you start experience pain in some part of your body. Also, buy a monitor with IPS panel, your eyes will thank you.

[Dr Sharma]

Hi there. Thanks for the information furnished. It would indeed be much helpful to the readers of this forum who have longstanding computer hours like you. Thanks once again. Take care.