Reoccurring Neck Kinks
In the last year I’ve had a minimum of 12 neck kinks.
They are brought on by usual movement, for example a few causes were
- moving in bed
- picking something off the floor
- walking out of door
- drying my hair
The pain starts below my skull, down one side of my neck then like a line down to my shoulder blade and then sometimes down my arm.
They can vary in how bad they are. Today’s is extremely bad, left side, arm is heavily affected, I just stopped out the door and it happened. Can’t move my head left right up down much at all. My whole body kinda got stuck in a permanent flex, I was shrugging and my arm stuck very rigid. Reminiscent of when I broke my back and seized up to protect my spine (L1 compression, 2021).
The pain is extremely sharp. Excruciating, surprising how bad it is. I can’t sleep, I can’t roll over without extreme pain. I’m getting bed sores. I’ve tried heat bags, paracetamol (can’t have much else due to thinners). Diazepam released my muscles a little.
They usually take 10-14 days to resolve or at least ease to the point of using my neck more normally.
More history:
2024-2025 was full of stress, rough year.
I’ve had stair falls in 2014 & 2015. Come off off-road bikes in 2019, 2025 and 2026 (neck not technically hurt at the time).
I’ve tried physio, sports massages, chiropractor. Nothing helps. In fact every time I do the physio exercises a kink usually follows. Hard to get into a regime when I have to keep pausing.
Ive had to cancel almost every plan this year because of it happening. Experiences gone and so is the money. I’ve stopped booking things now. I feel I can’t do anything - when I do, this happens with some normal movement. Even when I don’t have plans it happens. Quality of life is low. I work, I eat, I sleep and lose money on all the stuff booked in the past that I can’t make.
Any ideas of what this could be?
Also, do you have any tips of what could ease it? I need to work, I don’t have sick pay.
Thank you!