I was hit by a car months ago while I was riding my bicycle, and I still have severe pain in my neck and shoulder. How do I know which type of treatment to use? I had X-Rays taken, nothing is broken. Also, how do I know who will actually help me? Any web sites I can look at or anyone with experiences to share? Thank you!

I had a car accident in December just 2 weeks after giving birth and suffered whiplash – I was told where my ligaments were softened still from the pregnancy the recovery could be longer. I have been having physio for this. I have been getting neck and back pain but also lately I get headaches (up into the back of the skull), chest pain and shoulder pain. Do you think this is all in relation to the injury? These latest symptoms have only come on recently but I have been told everything can be related? I am fed up of taking painkillers, are there any natural pain relief available that anyone else has tried that is good and how long does it normally take for things to get back to normal? Bearing in mind, I have a young baby that requires a lot of lifting etc that I can’t rest.

I was diagnosed with Hodgkin’s Lymphoma Stage 3b 2 weeks ago. I have recieved one chemotherapy treatment and have been taking Dexamethasone 4mg, oxycodone 5mg every 4 hours as needed, and Nexium 40mg daily. I have gained about 15 pounds and my body is rounding out a bit, which is normal with the steroids. But, I have also been experiencing a pretty great deal of pain in my legs and arms, especially in my knees and shoulders. The pain seems to be coming from my veins. It is a pain that feels like I’m being twisted into a pretzel, and I feel like I need to pop and massage my body, but I feel like I can’t pop it and have hurt myself trying. I have been worried about being hooked to the oxycodone and have been careful in limiting the amount I take. I have never gone over the instructed amount. I feel guilty if I take too many, but I end up taking them after I get to about a 6/10 on the pain scale. The doctor gave me a chest xray as he says I shouldn’t be experiencing pain. The xray showed nothing. I’m afraid that everyone may think I’m trying to score pain meds. But I really am in pain and it scares the hell out of me. Part of me even questions whether or not I really am in pain or that I’m just addicted. Is it normal for me to be experiencing this? I’m just looking to see if anybody else has experienced problems like this? Thank you so much. I just want to make sure I’m not losing it. It’s been stressful.

I’ve had chronic back pain for over 2 years, the pain came on suddenly the day after I had my son (c-section). its in the mid right part of my back, next to and under my shoulder blade. Ive seen multiple doctors, no one can give me a diagnosis, they just say it happens, and no one knows why.
I’ve had a chest x-ray, back x-ray, kidney CT scan, physical examinations and blood work. I did physical therapy for 6 weeks and the pain decreased for about 3 months but came back, I cant go back to physical therapy because i have no one to watch my son twice a week.
About a week ago the pain got a lot worse and has spread, i now have severe pain in my upper, mid and lower back on the right side, when im overactive the pain spreads to the left side and i often get headaches from neck tension. I take prescription pain killers but they dont work anymore.
I stretch, apply heat and cold and i still do the excersizes from physical therapy that i can do at home.

What id like to know is if anyone knows of any other kind of treatment of back pain, I dont care how crazy it is, i’ll try anything, thanks for any help.

upper back.. any thing to relief the pain ( without using medications)

I use a heat pack & massage it also pain killers! what else can I do to get back to the 100% status.
just popped yesturday and its sore!! from playing basketball

I have had a chest infection for which I am on antibiotics and steroids. I also developed severe wheeze and needed hospital treatment with nebulisers. The past 12 hours I started with pain in the back of my lungs on both sides. This now seems to be more located to left hand side with some sensations spreading down the arm. It does seem to be higher up than the lung itself. I have taken strong pain killers with no effect. The wheeze is still there but the steroids have helped some. The nights and mornings are the worse with my breathing. The antibiotics finish tomorrow, CRP was 42 3 days ago.

I have been dealing with Fibromyalgia for years. I am only 30. No matter what I do to try and relieve the pain, I can never seem to entirely relieve it. I’m sore and tired all the time. my shoulders and neck are constantly tense. I have pain in my legs frequently. I feel awful a lot of the time because i am in pain. I also wake up with headaches from the shoulder and neck tension. This effects most things I do.
Some things I have tried have been somewhat effective, but I have had no long term benefit. They seem only temporary.
I go to the gym 3 days a week to use the weights and stretch my muscles. I go to pilates. i cannot afford frequent massages, though they really help. I am relatively active. But avoid overdoing it because i end up exhausted.

I will not take Lyrica because I know there are other ways to deal with this. I am doing this med free, I believe people don’t need medication for everything. What have other people found effective? Has anyone had long term benefits? Is there a way to relieve the pain on a long term scale?

I was diagnosed with a pulled muscle in my upper back near my shoulder blade and wonder if it could be a disk problem. I had some tension in that area too but got rid of that with stretches

My family and i just got back from vacation and my cousin is complaining about neck pain. She played chicken with a little girl on her shoulders and now her neck is stiff and she is suffering from a lot of pain. What home remedies can she do to get rid of the pain?

ps my cousin is 15 and weighs about 105 lbs and the little girl was 9 and weighed about 75 lbs.