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Throbbing Pain On Left Side Of Body. Neck Muscles Stiff, Painful. How To Get Relief?
i've been having throbbing pain within the left side of my body. Specifically my outer elbow up through my arm and on through my shoulder up my neck left side of my neck. My neck muscles are very tight, stiff and painful. Like when you wake up with a stiff neck from sleeping awkwardly with head hanging over a couch arm.
In any case:
I feel like I have to actually hold my head up. When I look down like when Im texting on my phone. The pain subsides on cue. But when I lift my head back up the pain shoots through the left side of my neck down my arm to the outside of my elbow.
So basically the pain is from my left elbow up to my ear, and within my armpit too!
In any case:
I feel like I have to actually hold my head up. When I look down like when Im texting on my phone. The pain subsides on cue. But when I lift my head back up the pain shoots through the left side of my neck down my arm to the outside of my elbow.
So basically the pain is from my left elbow up to my ear, and within my armpit too!
Tue, 13 Aug 2013
Hi, it appears to be the cervical spondylosis, with the pressure on the nerves on the back side of the vertibra. I advise you to consult an orthopedic surgeon for diagnosis and treatment. You may need to have MRI, for confirmation.I to my patient with such symptoms prescribe neurotropic injections for 10 consecutive days, along with other drugs.
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Hi and welcome to HCM
What you are experiencing is called 'Radiculopathy'. It basically suggests entrapment of a nerve root in your cervical spine in its origin or course.
If it has been persistent or even increasing since few days, you need to visit your orthopaedician. Depending upon the clinical findings they might ask you to get an MRI done, which shall help establish a diagnosis and in turn allow one to formulate a treatment plan.
Let me assure you that this is temporary and self limiting illness that usually the treatment goes in following lines: rest, lifestyle modifications (namely- avoiding pillow while sleeping, following a healthy diet plan, maintaining suitable posture while working on computer/driving, avoiding any activity that strikes neck discomfort), medications (that your physician prescribes) and most important physiotherapy ( in form of neck exercises, cervical traction if required along with local ultrasonics).
Hope this will helps you. Take care.
What you are experiencing is called 'Radiculopathy'. It basically suggests entrapment of a nerve root in your cervical spine in its origin or course.
If it has been persistent or even increasing since few days, you need to visit your orthopaedician. Depending upon the clinical findings they might ask you to get an MRI done, which shall help establish a diagnosis and in turn allow one to formulate a treatment plan.
Let me assure you that this is temporary and self limiting illness that usually the treatment goes in following lines: rest, lifestyle modifications (namely- avoiding pillow while sleeping, following a healthy diet plan, maintaining suitable posture while working on computer/driving, avoiding any activity that strikes neck discomfort), medications (that your physician prescribes) and most important physiotherapy ( in form of neck exercises, cervical traction if required along with local ultrasonics).
Hope this will helps you. Take care.
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