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What Causes Chronic Pain On The Right Side Of The Neck?
I am having a neck pain, specifically on my right neck. It hurts when I move it up, down or side to side. I ve been sleeping on my right side since I gave birth so I can easily attend to my daughters needs. I suspect it s a stiff neck. I have difficulty swallowing last night but it was gone the next day but I still have the neck pain.
Fri, 8 May 2015
Hi,
Your sleeping posture is consistently on the right side and this can lead to muscular spasm- a stiff neck as you have mentioned.
use hot packs and stretching exercises of the neck in all planes ( up /down,side to side, and bending the neck to the shoulders to relax the muscles.A local pain cream can be applied. oral medications are better avoided since you are probably breast feeding
Your sleeping posture is consistently on the right side and this can lead to muscular spasm- a stiff neck as you have mentioned.
use hot packs and stretching exercises of the neck in all planes ( up /down,side to side, and bending the neck to the shoulders to relax the muscles.A local pain cream can be applied. oral medications are better avoided since you are probably breast feeding
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