Do You Have Chronic Neck Pain From An Injury?
I have chronic neck pain from several car accidents. The doctors can’t find anything official wrong, and pain meds don’t help. The pain got a little better after physical therapy. And it’s now been about 2 years, but the pain is still there. This week it’s gotten worse. Especially during sleep. I bought an expensive tempurpedic pillow, but I hate it. It was too hard the first month, ok the second, and now this third month is horrible. It does not support my neck because the memory foam squishes down too much. Also I’ve seen the chiropractor a good one, many times, it’s very temporary relief.
So questions:
1. If you have a similar situation, do you have any suggestions for pain management?
2. Can you please tell me a better pillow? That will continue to hold support. (my mattress is fine)
Please help, it’s started to give me such bad pain that I’m also developing painful migraines. And meds aren’t helping that either.
I was in a car accident a few yrs ago and had whiplash that just didn’t get any better. My dr is an osteopath and does adjustments ( I would NEVER trust a chiropracter, but that’s just me) We finally found out I had a torn rotator cuff, and required surgery. I still have neck and shoulder spasms almost 3 yrs later. I use three pillows when i sleep, and I usually can’t sleep on my left side ( thats the side i had surgery on) My top pillow is like a fiberfill, very overstuffed pillow. ( I tried the pillow you did too, no luck) I usually have to kind of scrunch it under my shoulder and neck.
I take a muscle relaxer, maybe that would help you. Good luck!
There is a pillow that will help, go see a chiropractor. They have those pillows and he/she may be able to help your neck. I won’t let mine snap my neck. Use to get that done, it helped, went to a different doctor who did that and didn’t turn out too well.