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[sophinisba]

My neck hurts! It's been been hurting since Sunday! It moves around my upper back and my shoulders, but it always hurts! Sometimes it hurts more when I turn my head or shrug my shoulders or when I eat. I went to bed early last night and slept close to ten hours, and today was just as bad!

Poll #4406 My neck hurts!

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What should I do?

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Go to the doctor!
5 (27.8%)

Go to the chiropractor!
7 (38.9%)

Go get a massage!
8 (44.4%)

Ice!
4 (22.2%)

Heat!
12 (66.7%)

Stop running so much!
0 (0.0%)

Stop spending so much time online!
0 (0.0%)

Quit your job!
2 (11.1%)

Sorry I forgot the ticky box and the "I'll give you the real answer in comments" box. You see, I am distracted by my pain!

Comments

[woldy]

I'd say you should find out what your insurance covers & try to make use of that. If it covers treatment by a Registered Massage Therapist (and my insurer does cover that, but requires a doctor's referral) then that would be my recommendation. Failing that, I'd see a physio. In the meantime, maybe buy a heat pack and use it when you can.

Chiropractic is a rather sketchy alternative therapy & neck manipulations are particularly risky, so I wouldn't advise going near that unless you're aware of the risks & have a very responsible (which means cautious) chiropractor.