Hi geeks,
I'm in so much pain and have been since thursday evening,after i got in from dinner.

I have a really severe acute pain all down the left side of my neck and can not move my head.It has got worse and worse.I have tried deep heat,deep freeze,ibrupfen,paracetomal,hot water bottle,ice pack and nothing helps.I even tried getting drunk on new years eve to numb the pain only to find i felt like death warmed up the next day.

I have just got in from the doctors and have been told i have "wry neck" otherwise knowen as "torticollis",apparently very common in new born babies.
I have been given anti inflammtorys....i suppose super strong nureofen!!??? and been told it will gradually go over a week or so.The doctor said "and it can be very very painful"...no s**t!!!

There is no way i can bend my head to do a set of nails so its a good job i don't have a client till friday.

I'm in so much pain i was nearly in tears the other night.

The only thing that has worked,slightly,was rubbing in lavendar oil!?
I'm wondering if anyone else has had this and/or has some great tips...please note the deep heat and hot water bottle thing has been tried beyond belief.

Its depressing me now....and its very hard to run round after a 4 year old with a pain in the neck too.

one of my colleagues had this and unfortunatly the only thing she could do was keep taking the painkillers till it eased off itself, took about 5 days I think. hope you feel better soon x x x

Sorry to hear your so unwell Louise, My hubby had a similar neck problem years ago and the gp prescribed Valium to help the muscles in his neck relax and these really help him. Hope your soon tip top

Thanks.Funny how the only thing that seems to help is lavendar oil!?

Hope you feel better soon - I think if it's too bad maybe some valium would help to relax it? I've got a neck roll heated wheat bag with lavender my hubby uses for his neck and it helps.Just another thought - would a surgical collar help?

Poor Louise!! Sounds miserable.

I trapped a nerve in my back a month or so ago and it was agony!! Went to bed for 3 days with the anti-inflammatories and woke up just fine on the 3rd day ... but I have never felt such an acute pain in my life ... took my breath away.

Do as little as possible and take what the doctor suggests and I hope it eases up for you SOON. Maybe its the massaging as well as the oil that is helping ... anyhoo ... if it helps then do it!!

Oh Lou, you poor devil. I now what you are going through Hun. I have a trapped nerve in my neck and it makes my left arm hurt all the time ranging from making it feel heavy and uncomfortable and it is always cold to feeling pins and needle and agony if I touch anything (not great when trying to do nails!) I went to the docs about 2 months ago and she has booked me in for a scan, but it can take 6-8 months to come through . So until then, light massages from the hubby and lots of drugs!


Try not to pick the little one up, try and adapt how you do things for a little while, sit on the floor and hug her if she needs a cuddle etc.. Sorry I can't offer anymore help.

Thinking of you Sweetie x x

Louise, My child minder has been laid up since before New Year with the same thing. Her Gp told her it was ligament strain. My hubby (a doctor) had suggested it could also be a viral myalgia (relating to the muscles) as I have had this before and then the virus starts affecting the balance area in the ear resulting in nausea and dizziness. I'm not disputing your Gp, but hubby was right as my childminder is now suffering from nausea and dizziness and the muscular pain has dissappeared but was incapacitating as mine was. All I'm suggesting is that if you start experiencing giddiness and nausea, then it could be viral for which you will probably need antinausea tablets. It's that time of the year unfortunately when all these bugs take hold. As suggest, vaium really helps because it is a muscle relaxant. Hope you feeling better soon.

hope you feeling ok

I has something similar, i had to sleep up right and i could not wash my hair unfortunatley that was 9 years ago and the pain is still their but i think iv learn to live with it now, at the time all the doctors and hospitals were saying that id just slept funny, but i actually thought i was gona die with the pain. Any way they are finally doing something about it now so il just have to c what my result say Everyone is different and im not sure with your problem but the infa red lamp really helps me

Ang

Louise that sounds awful hun, I really hope you're feeling better soon. Take care of yourself and keep rubbing that lavender oil in. xx

you can get a herbal heat pack with lavender in massage lavender onto the neck with carrier oil and put the heat pack on it, it should help,and self massage or get someone else to do it, hope you feel better soon

Lavender helps to relax muscles, go for a back neck and head massage and ask the therapist to use Lavender oil. it may feel uncomfortable at the start of the massage but it should ease it a little by the end.

Rach xx

oh my god!! i had the exact same thing when i was 18. i was doing exams at the time and one morning i was walking to school and moved my head too fasy and click, it went. they said it was because of the strain of leaning forward when writing. i have to sympathise with you it is SSSOOO PAINFUL!!! i got a neck brace which they encouraged me not o wear too much and laid on the sofa sideways for a week or two and didnt go to school for ages! dont know if you had this but i had spasms which could happen anytime...such as walking down the street. id be there walking along and then be on my knees in agony!

ok a few tips....

i went for a lot of physio, it was fantastic!! id walk in with my hands holding my neck not daring to move, hair unwashed no make up and id leave all loose and being able to move my neck and get in the shower. it did seize up again after a while but it did wonders! i also used a heat pad when i was on the sofa as this loosend the muscles too. massage is great too.

it gets better and it will ache for a while after but its such relief when it stops hurting!! be careful 6 months or so after cos the doc said its still tender and at risk of happening again.

aww hun i hope you feel better soon, i totally know how you feel!

take care and chin up

lou x

Lou I am sorry to hear that love - I sure hope it gets better soon; I once cricked my neck and had to wear a neck brace - it was really painful!!

Didnt do my neck but did trap my siatic nerve in my leg, i had accupunture which i hated the thought of but ahve to say i walked out of there after bing carried in, was excellent.hope you feel better soon hun
x