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Dr. Andrew Rynne
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Dr. Andrew Rynne

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Suggest Treatment For Severe Upper Back Pain And Neck Pain

Hello, my name is Barbara. My neck & upper back Hv been bothering me for a couple weeks, then yesterday it became almost unbearable..it gets in the wayofeverything, hurts to lift my arms to put hair up, my range of motion cut in half. So for relief, do I ice it or apply heat?
Wed, 22 Jul 2015
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Dear Barbara,thank you for your consultation.it seems that you have a very painful muscle pain in the upper back area.from my day to day clinical practice I am telling you local application of heat will help you to relax and soothe those muscles.but this heat should be in the form of deep heat therapy like short wave diathermy which you can get in a physiotherapists clinic. domestic like hot water bag as a source of heat will be little help because their heat cannot penetrate much in the muscle tissue failing to relax it.so please go for some deep heat therapy.my best wishes.thank you.
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Suggest Treatment For Severe Upper Back Pain And Neck Pain

Dear Barbara,thank you for your consultation.it seems that you have a very painful muscle pain in the upper back area.from my day to day clinical practice I am telling you local application of heat will help you to relax and soothe those muscles.but this heat should be in the form of deep heat therapy like short wave diathermy which you can get in a physiotherapists clinic. domestic like hot water bag as a source of heat will be little help because their heat cannot penetrate much in the muscle tissue failing to relax it.so please go for some deep heat therapy.my best wishes.thank you.