Guest guest Posted April 2, 2004 Report Share Posted April 2, 2004 hi valerie > Try wearing the soft collar upside down. > They do so do surgery on necks. Maybe he doesn't but " they " as in docs, do. >I've just been reading about occipital nerve releases and fusion of C1 C2 >vertabre. > Here is a page that describes what happened to me with my resent neck >episode - http://www.medscape.com/viewarticle/424940_print >(if you aren't registered with Medscape you will need to do so to read this) thanks..... > Basically since my c1 and/or c2 vertabre sublux it compresses the occipital >nerve causing severe pain with the origin at the base of the head/top of neck. >So you have pain from the compressed nerve along with muscle/tendon/whatever >pain from the subluxation. Like having the worst migraine PLUS! (the occipital >nerve is believed to be the root cause of most migraines and painful cluster >headaches). Some of the pain is typically described as like getting shocked - >which was what felt like happened if I tried to move my neck, like I came in >contact with a raw power line right at the base of my skull. And that was only >one type of pain I had. Nasty, nasty, nasty! > > Again, I missed where you described the specific pains/problems you are >having so I can't say whether yours is like mine. yes, it sounds just like me.... plus pain shoulder, lhs neck worse and lhs head like migraine/cluster......the power line is yes..i couldn't have put it better myself. i can't stop shaking.... luckily the pills knock me out at night, though takes alot to try and move head in morning. raining here so no butterflies gentle eds hugs -- lorraine x Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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