Do you have any good remedies for neck pain?

[bigpauly]

It’s been bothering me all week 😪

[Rosexøxø]

Tylenol/ ibuprofen for the internal ease.

heating pad/ hot water bottle/ few minutes in a steamed bathroom with shower hitting the neck to help with blood flow.

Memory foam pillow or some sort of neck pillow. Make sure your head is not too high on the pillow, nor too low. Try to get it so your neck is straight and your head is straight, with your shoulder off the pillow. If you have any vicks- vaporub, try to apply some of that to the sore area.

Before taking a nap on the aligned pillow, and after the neck soak and rub and the medicine, drink a cup of chamomile tea to relax yourself, overall.

Once done, take a quick nap.

When you wake up, try applying some ice for a good 10 minutes. Then a hot damp towel. Massage a bit, and gently stretch/ rotate your head and neck in a circular motion.

The idea is to relax and loosen the muscles, lower any tense feelings, help relive any prior pain, and keep it flexed and stretched. Once you do that.

Drink a good 8 glasses of water for the day and a cup of milk, if you can. To promote hydration of the muscles and adequate vitamins and minerals to your bones and spine.

It’s a lot. You can take any from this list if you don’t do all of it, and hope you feel better.

Limit any work or device usage for the day where your neck may be in a locked/ set position for too long.

Should be better within a few days.

[bigpauly]

I will give this all a try, thanks a lot!

[Rosexøxø]

Np! Do try something and prevent/ limit a poor posture in sleep and a poor prolonged posture on device or activity for the next day. Be mindful of times, at least. If you let it persist and worsen could get a twisted neck. I had one once as a kid and it was NOT FUN.

As long as you’re not anxious and loose on muscles it’ll definitely NOT happen.

Best to you!

[bigpauly]

Got it, thank you!

[PrettyPriya]

Depends on what is causing it. You are in luck though. My father (and rest of family) arrived in the country today. He is a doctor. Did you injure it or did it get progressively worse? Is it localized or running from one area to another? Is it going up into your head?

Lots more info is needed, but the best remedy other than medication would be heat. That is generally going to provide the best a quickest relief. Now, that does not necessarily work if it is nerve related.

Best go to your doctor if it persists more than three days with any sort of treatment, medication or otherwise. That could be indicative of a nerve problem that would require prescription medication for relief.

In those sort of cases, often they will give a muscle relaxer along with anti inflammatory meds that you cannot get without prescription.

Some other things (other than heating pad or similar) are the massage guns that can loosen muscle. This may not work in some cases though as explained. You really need to know what is causing it.

[bigpauly]

I will try heat. It is definitely localized. I think I hurt it from sleeping on it wrong. It starts getting better through out the day but then I hurt it again when I sleep.

[PrettyPriya]

If it is localized and from sleep, it is likely a muscle strain from being in one position and then not having the time to properly heal before you sleep again.

So, here is what you do. TONS of heat on it RIGHT BEFORE you go to sleep especially. You can use a heating pad or even heat water and dip a smallish towel in the hot water. You have to do this over and over though, which is why I recommend a heating pad or what you use as an electric blanket.

Now, do you sleep with the fan on or air passing over your neck? I take it you are in a cold climate. Exposed areas to cold for prolonged periods during sleep will cause your muscles to kind of lock up and tense. Make sure you cover that area so that it stays insulated.

[bigpauly]

Got it. I will keep all of this in mind and give it a try tonight.

Thank you, Dr Priya

[PrettyPriya]

No worries at all. This is more from Dr. Dad than Dr. Priya.

[bigpauly]

Thank you, Dr Priyas dad

[SnowedIn]

We usually use either a bag of frozen vegetables from the freezer or a really hot towel that we've microwaved, plus Tylenol and some form of Naproxen.

[bigpauly]

I will try these, thank you

[msc545]

Ice wrapped in a towel works well for me. 10 minutes only.

[Blackcupcake]

does it hurt from having to look up at me all the time?😢


hahaha jkjk.


okay so best advice I could give you is to try putting either something hot or cold on it, whatever you find more soothing. if that doesn’t help then you need to book a chiro appointment. chiro helps…

[bigpauly]

Lmao well you can be a pain in the neck sometimes 😒

Ok, I will try these. Thank you

[Blackcupcake]

@PrettyPriya he called me a pain in the neck☹️

[PrettyPriya]

😑 not cool Paulina. If you are fussy, we can give him some avocados to dip in Pepsi as a snack.

[Blackcupcake]

lmfao… @PrettyPriya not sure @NathanDavis wants to share his snack

[PrettyPriya]

@blackcupcake do you think you could make pickled avocado by storing them in Pepsi?

[Blackcupcake]

@PrettyPriya that sounds like something that could go viral…🤣🤣🤣

[PrettyPriya]

Pickled Pepsi Cados

[Blackcupcake]

that’s @NathanDavis new nickname

[Blackcupcake]

PPC🤣

[bigpauly]

😶😶😶

[NathanDavis]

it could be knots... find it, and rub it out, lol

[PrettyPriya]

@NathanDavis rub it out? Sounds pervy 😐

[NathanDavis]

@PrettyPriya lmfao... it isn't

that's what a massage is, lol... and first you find the knot, or tension, or pinch, wherever around the many muscles of the neck, shoulders/upper back are, and so... rub, rub, rub till it goes out and away

[PrettyPriya]

@NathanDavis happy ending. Got it 👍😂

[NathanDavis]

@PrettyPriya lmao... well, it does the trick for me, most of the times

just last night, my back was killing me again, but I found those knots

[PrettyPriya]

@NathanDavis I rub avocado on mine.

[NathanDavis]

@PrettyPriya lmfao...

right.. I've heard that avocado is great for the skin, antioxidants, it hydrates and stuff... but. I've never tried a facial mask myself lmao

[Curiosity2006]

Should you find the remedy, please describe it to this guy:

https://youtube.com/clip/Ugkxak5ndgZ7r_J9YIUH3j9AqIGtpPZRU7Sx

It's killing him evidently and he's saying it with a quiet voice so turn up the volume to grasp it properly.

[dustybiker]

Did you see a doctor? I won’t suggest unless you know the cause. Too harmful. I hope you feel better.

[bigpauly]

I haven’t yet. Thank you, though.

[dustybiker]

lol You sound like me.

[Ms_Facesitter]

I was thinking of massaging but my hands are cold!
Speaking of cold, go Warm. Put something warm on your neck. Works for me :)

[bigpauly]

I’d take the massage any time 😏

[whereismyjohnny]

Paracetamol and a hot shower work wonders for me. As well as heat or cold packs.

[bigpauly]

Got it, thank you!

[roy_ricky09]

Have you checked your Blood Pressure?

[bigpauly]

Hmmm no I haven’t.

[roy_ricky09]

You may want to

[Agape93]

Not really aside from heat and stretching it out.