Neck pain

[howllr]

I sustained an injury to my neck 20 years ago. It seems to start in the spine up near the base of my neck. After a few hours i feel my muscles in my back and along my shouldars start to become painful. The pain gets so bad it begins to burn. I now that it is the nerve endings that's causing the pain. I take Curcumin for the pain and use cold on my spine and hot packs on my muscles. I am always in pain and going to three Chiropractors has not fixed the problem. I think it's time to visit a doctor. What kind of doctor do i look for and will xrays show what is wrong?

[samsauntrn]

I too have an old (15 yrs) neck injury. Recently finished PT for a flare due to a fall and ended up having traction on a decompression machine after weeks and weeks of PT were only dulling the pain. . It was the BEST thing. I know have a home traction unit that is similar to the decompression machine only portable. Now I use that when I have a flare, take Lodine daily, use ice and heat when need be and am going to the YMCA and using weights and exercising. Took me a while to build up to where I am but it helps a lot.

[Jibs1]

I'm not sure, but happened upon your post as I , too, have a 20+ yr old injury to my neck from an auto accident and to this day sometimes it flares from not sitting right while working at the PC and can really hurt so much.  But, I'm not sure .. my first thought is to see a good Orthopedist?