Really bad neck pains, i'm so sick of it as it ruins my mood and makes me cranky and stop being fun with friends.
I'm 39 years old and i've had really bad depression some years ago, very dark place and with it came street phobia and then anxiety and stress over little things that shouldn't even matter.
The pains i have:
- Tight stingy feeling underneat the back of my skull (like a boomerang shape from left to right, kind of like from ear to ear)
- A pressured feeling in the lower center "buldgy" area at the lower part of my skull
- Shoulderblades feel tight
- Arms sometimes hurt a little bit, although rarily, mostly after stretches
- Scalp tightening sometimes
Things i can do without a problem:
- Work in the garden
- Move my head (sometimes its locked though)
- I'm still pretty flexible with my arms
I have physiotherapy that comes to my home for a year now but i still see no difference, infact, i still have flare ups. Physiotherapy helps for a day until it completely resets again the next day making me wonder why i even bother with it.
Two physiotherapists, including my doctor, all told me (after various tests and questions) that my neck is strained from too much stress and nothing deep or serious is going on luckily. They said i need to stretch more and move around more and most important: RELAX! But how can i relax when i feel the world is out to get me? When i feel my body is my biggest enemy? I don't know how to relax.
I'm very desperate and i don't know what else i can do.
Are there ointments i can use? Any videos that actually help? Any tips from proffesionals here?