also i forgot to mention that i can not sleep with pillows. i have to lie flat in order to fall asleep. when i sleep with a pillow i have a strong pull feeling. imagine that you have a crick in your neck, and when you try to turn or bend your neck all the way down or to the side, that really sharp pain you get. imagine that 24/7 and sometimes amplified if i raise my arm the right way or lay down the right way or just turn my head. it is becoming unbearable, to the point that i will do what ever it takes to fix it. i am not afraid of surgeries, i had to have my knee pretty much reconnected after a sports injury. i just want to know or have an idea of what to expect when i go to the doctor.
Dear DR., I am a 21 year old female. i am currently in the military and noticed when i was in basic about 3 years ago and started having some slight pain in my left side of the neck, that moved down to my shoulder blade, and now is moving down to my elbow. i never thought anything to much about it. i am R side dominant. i can not sleep on the left side and when i lie down it has to be on my stomach and hurts to raise my arms to lay my head on them. i have recently started going to a chiropractor to see if it will help. he told me to get an xray and possibly an MRI. i have a few other back and hip pains he wants to check on. so as of right now i have no idea what is wrong with me. the Chiro said that my lower lumbar region is too curved and the my neck is too straight. i do not know if that has anything to do with it. does anyone have an idea of what it may be???
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Dear. Dr hi my name is mika I'm 32 I deal with pain in my neck left upper arm an forearms an lower back an the same on my right side the pain is so bad I keep a headache I thought I was having. A heart attack I had many test ekg blood work they can't found were the pain coming from I was even admitted in the hospital for a night still nothing so can you please help me
I pull metal from a press for over 5 years having to turn my neck to the right to reach the metal that was so short and stand on my toe to get to it, i went to work and everthing was fine but that night i got out of the tub and couln't use my left arm at all i've have every test done that could be done now i;m being told that i have some bone spurs on c5 and c6 that run down my left arm and the shoulder pain is so bad i can't use me left arm i was told that the nervr on the left lattary was damage so i need to know if there is any thing that can be done so i can work with out pain i have to take pain medican ever day so i can work now and i;m having nerve block to help bloce the pain but i know i can't keep taking them for ever the doc. are telling me that this is work related i've not been hurt in any way so if you can help me to understand this please e;mail me at ***@**** can this kind of thing just happen over night or was it there ready to happen