Advice on neck and shoulder pain where to seek treament?
Friday, October 16th, 2009 at
9:34 pm
For past 3 weeks painful right side neck. Now pain on right and left and down through shoulders. No relief from sleep or neck exercises and cold packs.
Filed under: Shoulder Blade Pain
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Go see your doctor. He can run tests to diagnose the cause of the pain and then make appropriate recommendations. He can prescribe pain meds and/or muscle relaxers if needed. Also, he may recommend physical therapy, chiropractic care, or massage therapy as options to improve your condition.
The type of pain you have will dictate treatment. Is is a muscle spasm? You may want to try hot pack. Is it sharp, shooting pain? Stick with the ice. Is there numbnesss or tingling involved? This may be due to a nerve problem.
What time of day is your pain worst? In the AM would indicate chemical changes in your body (arthritis, inflammation). In the PM would indicate your pain is mechanical in nature – meaning your posture or body mechanics (think office ergonomics!) could be the problem.
Any physician can prescribe a skelatal muscle relaxant such as FLEXARIL.
Best thing is to see a chiropractor, and get some massage therapy to get the muscles moving again. Then you need to learn what excersizes to do in order to strengthen the muscles so they won’t go out of place or spasm up anymore. You do this by going to phsyical therapy.