What does it mean if i woke up with neck and shoulder pain?
Monday, January 11th, 2010 at
12:50 pm
i woke up today with pain in my left shoulder and the left side of my neck and its quite painful
Filed under: Shoulder Blade Pain
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Did you sleep in a bad position?
Also how’s your pillow, a good test for your pillow is to see if bends like a sandwich, if does then throw it away.
I would recommend you check with your doctor if the pain persists or increases.
Good luck
You slept in an awkward position, it seems.
Well it happens to me a lot, it’s usually because of a bad pillow, or sometimes bad dreams that make you move a lot while you’re sleeping! Usually you can make the pain go away by exircising and stretching your neck! Hope you feel better soon…
You got a spasm in your back and/or neck muscles. That causes them to tighten up. Here is how you can release those muscles to release the pain:
For your neck:
place your hand alongside your head and push your thumb in under your ear and place it on the muscle there. Take your fingers and place them on the back of your neck on the muscles there. Press them together and hold a good amount of pressure on them. Then relax, take a deep breath and exhale. After 30 seconds you should be feeling the muscle going limp under the pressure. Continue to hold until the entire muscle has gone limp, then lean your head forward as far as you can, release the pressure but hold your head there for another 30 seconds.
Back:
Place your left hand on your left leg and try to keep it straight. Place your right hand over your left shoulder and with your fingertips find the muscle next to your spine. Press on it and hold. Relax, take a deep breath and exhale and don’t tense up any part of your body. After about 30 seconds there should be a release happening and when it does slowly lower yourself forward onto your right leg. If you can lean over the outside edge of your leg it will be better for your release. Continue holding for a total of one minute. Then release but rest your body there for one minute longer. Then reverse and do the right side.
It may not mean alot. If this has never really happened before it could just be that you slept in an awkward position that strained or spasmed the muscle. You also could have done something that irritated the neck before you went to sleep because sometimes it can show up hours later.
If it has happened before you may have muscle imbalances, and/or postural misalignments, causing neck pain to reoccur.