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@rnlorena Your spine condition may be generating spasms in your neck muscles that are attached to each vertebrae. That is pretty common and the spasms can twist or tilt the vertebrae and change the curvature in your neck. I had this happening to me because my vertebrae would twist and stay like that, and because the muscles on the opposite side were getting stretched, it generated pain. The uppermost muscles connect to your skull on the back of your head. These are occipital headaches. A physical therapist can help with these. The ultimate solution is fixing the spine problem that you have. Since my single level fusion of C5/C6, I don't get occiptal headaches unless I do something weird with my neck position in sleep for example that can trigger it. You may be able to lay on your back and feel with your fingers if the spineous processes that stick out to the side of your spine are lined up. They have muscle attachments covering them, but you should be able to feel them.
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@jenniferhunter MRI cervical spine with and w/o contrast. Posterior disc bulge at C6-7 slightly flattens the ventral cord with moderate central canal stenosis. There is severe bilateral foraminal stenosis. Posterior disc bulge at C5-6 slightly flattens the ventral cord with mild central canal stenosis. Mild bilateral foraminal stenosis. Bulging disc at C3-4 without canal stenosis. Right-sided uncovertebral spurring and facet arthropathy results in severe right foraminal stenosis. Range of motion in my neck is not great. MRI Thoracic spine- Axial images show multilevel disc spur complexes in the lower cervical spine producing slight effacement of CSF along the ventral margin of the thoracic cord substance. X-rays Lumbosacral. Patient has advanced degenerative disc disease at L4-5 and minimally L5-S1. Mild lumbar curvature apex to the right L4. Bilateral facet arthrosis L5-S1. He said perhaps I have a slight spondylolisthesis. So the Neurosurgeon that I saw looked at my MRI cervical spine. He said no evidence of spinal canal stenosis that significant surgically. He calls what I say is pressure a sub occipital headache. I get pressure in the lower back of head, neck and front of neck. The pressure in the front of my neck was from one side to the other. It was the worst. The Orthopedist who did the X-rays wanted me to take Mobic. I declined. I have other things that have come up and I don’t need anything else right now. I understand that side effects don’t happen to everyone but I don’t feel good about taking Mobic. I spoke with the pharmacist. He put it this way: you won’t know till you take it. I already knew that but a side effect can be a hole in the intestine or stomach. The MRI of the thoracic spine will not be talked about till my appt in April. I was in England in October and I had a pain in the upper part of my right breast. It was just sitting there hurting. Not moving anywhere. When I went up to go to bed I dropped something on the floor and bent over to pick it up. Pain shot down my breast. Since I have been back I have felt like something was moving underneath my right arm. Just a little feeling. Since then I have felt little things around my chest and underarms. I was diagnosed with small nerve fiber idiopathic. I don’t know if that is related. My regular Dr. shoved it off to the neuro Dr. what is he gonna do about it? I am gonna tell my Dr I want an Order for a diagnostic mammogram with an ultrasound. When I go I ask questions about what is happening (symptoms). I asked my new neurologist if he had any patients who woke up with full onset of pinpricks including eyes. He said that’s weird. He said maybe something similar. The first neurologist said none it’s rare. I am kinda fed up with this really. @rnlorena
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Jennifer I'm wondering if you use a special pillow.
Thank you, Janet