I now have been having pain in my neck going down into my chest and through my back for a year and 4 months. I have had 4 egd's, 2 manometrys and a ph monitor test. I have been diagnosed with a small hiatal hernia, GERD, and gastritis. the last physician I seen said the things wrong with me are not significant to the symptoms I am complaining of. He said the hiatal hernia was too small for surgery. I also get severe headaches when I have this pain. Lying down makes the pain go away. Nothing else helps.