I have been dealing with this my entire life since early childhood, but mine pops out on both the left side and the right. I was also told by numerous doctors that there was nothing that could pop out in my neck/throat. It has always been much easier to push the left side into place but both sides are excruciatingly painful. Thanks to this post I am going to ask my GP for a referral to an ENT. I'm wondering if there is a way to fuse the bone. Best wishes.
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Mine has popped out my whole life. It actually "dislocated" 11 years ago and never went back (I sneezed). The pain went away by that evening, but I can always feel it protruding out of my neck.
I've thought about going to an ENT because it's unnerving, but after reading this I don't really want to waste my money.
hi everyone I am dealing with this throat problem right now. Im at the beginnning but as I read I could become worst. Any suggestion to imrpove my situation? I know this community is old but may be someone can help me...
Hi Shell K. It's been 11 years since you posted about your problem with your hyoid bone. Did you ever get any resolve? I recently wrote a post trying to help. Please let me know how you are. So many of these doctors are incapable of truly healing a patient because the way they learn in medical school is appalling. Instead of figuring out the root cause of a patient's problem they are quick to diagnose, correctly or incorrectly, so they can assign a medical code and close the file. Unfortunately due to the medical system/insurance system today, doctors need to see too many patients in one day to be of any help to anyone. I truly feel for how they must go home at night frustrated from working all day and accomplishing nothing. My apologies to all the doctors who do not fit the above description as it is not my intention to insult every doctor out there.
ShellK, if you are still reading these posts and receiving notifications, please keep in touch. If you still need help, keep reaching out. If you have found answers, please share. There are many suffering that could possibly be helped by your success story.
God bless.
Joyce
Hi Shell
I know many years have passed since your post. Did you ever get any resolve in your hyoid bone issue? Please let me know. If not I will be glad to go over with you a very strong possibility of what this "popping out of place" could be.
Joyce
For as long as I can remember I've had this issue where it feels like something in my neck moves out of place. It's not particularly painful, just a bit uncomfortable. But when it doesn't go away it's VERY annoying, because I can feel it when I swallow. The only way I've found to 'fix' it is to move my throat around with my hands until it goes back into place. I've never gotten it checked out before because it's not really painful, but I wonder if it's a similar issue to everyone here? I have a knee that comes out of place slightly that I have to move back on a regular basis(WAY more painful than my neck), so maybe my body just isn't held together as well as it should be? Whatever the reason, this post has definitely brought me some insight. I don't know if I'll ever get my neck looked at, because I've had many issues in the past of going to the Doctors with symptoms and them telling me there's nothing wrong...when there is. But at least now I have some idea of what's happening to my neck!
I have it to. Im 19 yrs old. Im in so much pain. It happens like twice a year with me to and it happened tonight and it wont go back in its been 3 hours!!!
So glad to know I am not the only one with these Hyoid bone problems! I have been sat here reading for nearly an hour. I want to add my bit. Maybe it will be helpful.
I am 32 and I remember having this 'dislocation' some time during my early teens. I don't know exactly how it started. Frequent chest infections and the associated heavy coughing maybe?. There was a period of about a year when I occasionally would strain my neck in a certain way and the click would happen. Then the panic. What's happened? Why won't it go away? The pain of swallowing or talking as if someone was holding a knife to my throat. It felt like my windpipe had gotten hooked on something and was going to rip open if I kept on swallowing, which of course I would have to eventually. I truly thought I was going to die. Eventually I figured out that yawning released the tension sometimes. Sometimes i could physically click it back in place. After months of anxiety it eventually subsided.
It has on occasion resurfaced over the years. It happened again the other day as I stretched my neck whilst lying down. In that moment of panic I forgot what to do to fix it. 10 mins later I tried yawning and it went back. I know it is real because the area is still sore from it. So today I decided I needed to know if I was in any danger. And thankfully I found this post.
It sounds like there are a lot of varying causes ultimately ending in the Hyoid unhousing itself. So sorry to hear of those of you to whom it has been so chronic and severe. I am glad at least that you have found support from others in the same boat. I think in my case knowing how to fix it quickly is the key to preventing frequent reoccurrence.
I haven't been to the doctors because he already thinks I am having psychosomatic hypoglycemic symptoms. But with this info I might bring it up with him in case there is anything more to it.
I have a hunch that my muscles might be the cause of the problem. I have always felt that they are not up to scratch. If I throw a ball with any force my arm is sore for hours. I seem to be able to strain muscles by merely stretching them. Perhaps the muscles in my neck are equally fickle? Some people have mentioned Hyper-mobility. Muscle abnormalities a likely cause in some people maybe?
About me, I am male, average height, but slim. Asthma and a weakness to respiratory illnesses. Suffer from on and off anxiety and depression. And whatever my doctor thinks, I suffer from low blood sugar frequently.
Hope that helps someone.
I forgot to add that this pain spreads too at the base of the skull and sometimes it gives a bad headache.
I posted here some year ago before having the surgery with dr. Berke in Los Angeles. I am italian and apologize for my English.
My issues before the surgery were a clicking sensation when swallowing on the left side of my throat and the feeling of a muscle that was pulling my hyoid bone to the left when talking and swallowing. Any popping sensation.
Unfortunatly the surgery didn't fix this problem, that I am now convinced was from laryngopharingeal reflux, muscle Tension Dysphonia and TMJ.
I had the surgery in august 2010. In the following years it happened from time to time to wake up in the morning with a sharp pain in the opposite side of my hyoid bone. This pain usually disappeared during the morning.
Over time this has heppened more and more frequently, up to nowday when I am in constant pain ( 6 months now)
It's not easy to indicate its exact position: I would say at the base eof the tongue spreading behind the eye and the jaw.
I am writing here in order to know if any other that underwent the surgery is experiencing similar problems.
Finally, I have found others who know what I am talking about. I am in my 50's and have had this problem all my life. It feels just like a bone popping out of place. I used to be able to make it pop back in place just by moving my jaw, opening my mouth, yawning - anything like that.
In the past year or so, though, I have had to manipulate it back into place using my hand, and I can push it in and out, in and out, over and over with my fingers. It clicks loudly with every movement.
The pain goes through my jaw and up into my ear too.
I had convinced myself that it was cancer of the eosophagus, but I just don't present with any of the other symptoms for that, although I have suffered nightly acid reflux for a few years now, and sometimes, when the pain in my neck is coming and going it does send a burning sensation down through my chest.
I am very reluctant to see a doctor as I have a fear of being told I have cancer because I would refuse treatments for cancer. I have no faith whatsoever in any cancer treatments, and I firmly believe that the so called treatment is worse than, and just as deadly as, the actual disease.
I just wonder if many of you - or your doctors - had ever considered the possibility of cancer when you were seeking answers, and if you sought medical examination with that in mind.
I still have this i am on year two and now i am noticing the muscles in my nose are being affected. Does anyone else have trouble smelling? or pain in there nose? Thank you
I have this as well and have had it since I was a child. I was wondering if anyone has experienced this in relationship to severe child abuse? I'm currently 52 years old and was a victim of severe child abuse that often including choking. Is there anyone here who has had trauma to the neck/throat? I never knew there were so many other people having this problem and attributed it to my father choking me as a child. I always pop it back into place but it is extremely painful and scary. I never considered seeing a doctor about it.
I have read almost all the comments.most of you said you can pop it back.I want to know how you do this ?
I have a constant pain for more than 24 hours.Sometimes is bearable but sometime it is very painful.i cant sleep for a single second.A strange feeling pops up radiating pain from neck to jaw.head and upper chest.
I don't know how to make it normal for at least a minute or even a second.
i can't look up at ceiling ,neither can touch my chin with my chest.If a take deep breath the pain would increase,sometime i feel like i have lost the ability to swallow.My neck seems to be rigid.while swallowing anything i can feel a noise.touching my neck feels very uncomfortable.neck tenderness over hyoid bone.I almost forgot what was the normal condition of my neck.
Does these symptoms are the same as you people?
i thought i was the only one.
There are so many people suffering from it and still no cure :(
I believe it just doesn't kill people but sometime i just want to shoot my throat or hang it.
5 ENT's in 15 days.they all told me i had throat swelling.
But i don't know what throat swelling has to do with with this bone.on outside my throat is so tight.
Someone please send me a message if he/she got relief from it.
has anyone found any relief?
I am having a surgery by Dr. Smith next month. How did yours go?
I phoned the office of Dr. Picken and the nurse had her right beside her and checked and I was told she does not do the hyoid bone surgery. I'm a bit bummed as I'm told that i need it.
Is anyone updating to this site any further? The injection I had in my neck did not help me. I've checked with a few ENTs in my area and they all tell me they don't treat hyoid bone syndrome.
One out of town ENT recommended Dr Berke or Dr Woo in NYC. Has anyone ever used Woo?
I saw a great ENT in northern Virginia yesterday who diagnosed me with hyoid bone syndrome. He gave me an injection into my left hyoid area. He used an ultrasound to show where I was rubbing together. He's not sure the injection will help. It's been almost 24 hours and I'm still crunching. Not sure if it will take longer.
He cautioned me about the surgery that he personally has never done it and it would certainly permanently change my swallow. Hoping it doesn't come to that.
Interested if anyone has updates on their situation.
Any update?
I'm dealing with this issue for 2 years and I'm betting I need to have this surgery. I'm in Richmond, VA.
Did you ever figure out your hyoid bone problem?? i am so desperate I need help so badly. Thank you. god bless.