Another thing that helps me is those blue ice jelly packs that I keep in the freezer. I either wrap them in a towel or use the special elastic wrap thing. There’s also a “bed buddy” wrap that I microwave for applying heat. Good luck!

I’ve had some luck with a contoured memory foam pillow from erm….. the memory foam people (blanking on the name).

I will second the chiropractor and the heat.

I have had a lot of shoulder and neck pain problems. Being a computer programmer is really hard on that part of the body, and I carry stress there too.

Heat helps relax my muscles. I have a Bed Buddy neck hot/cold pack. It’s basically an elastic sack full of buckwheat. Goes in the micro for 90 seconds, comes out smelling good, lay it on your neck and shoulders. No cords or anything, and you could use it at work too. They also make a back wrap.

Sometimes if I get some heat on there and relax the muscles enough, whatever’s out of whack in my neck will pop back where it’s supposed to go, and it feels so much better.

Hope you feel better soon.

*hug* Really hope it gets better for you sweetie, neck pain sucks. 🙁

I had chronic stiffness and pain in the neck. The chiropractor x-rayed me and showed me the x-ray compared to how the vertebrae was supposed to be. My curvature was crooked, as a couple of the vertebrae did ll of the bending and others were kind of stuck together. He got it loosened up after a dozen visits and I no longer have the problems I used to. I started twice a week and no go once a month, but that’s also for some minor lower back problems that I could live with (but am glad to no longer have to deal with).

A hint it was spinal for me was occasional numbness and tingling in my leg or other places, when nerves got pinched. Hope the meds help you for now, and hope you find something to give you lasting relief, too. Take care!

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Nevermind.

/emily litella