Have you tried MFR deep myofascial tissue release therapy? If not, you need to find a therapist and try that. I had to see Spine surgeries cause the first one wasn’t good enough and now I have a rod infusions from C2 C3 C2 from 2T1. Unfortunately it didn’t fix the pain. All the pain that I went in there with it did fix some. You can only tell sometimes by doing something what is right in hindsight. Indeed the surgery was necessary. It was unexpected that my bones fell apart in my neck because they were so soft, but it was unknown that a lot of my pain was specifically from my muscles, moving as a big brick on my shoulder, pulling on my neck. So in my case, I’ve gone about it in a backwards way, so I do all the my facial tissue release now which should’ve been done before. Oh well, my surgeon who is top drawer was not eager to do my surgery, but we had done everything together and I totally trust him, but I push for the surgery because I couldn’t stand the pain any longer. It’s not two years yet and I’m still recovering from the second spinal surgery because it involves my body being trained to accommodate the rod that’s in my back. I am severely round shoulder and the rod is straight. My orthopedic surgeon is straight up with me and he said it’s gonna take a while for my back to accommodate the Rod. there’s a possibility I have some scar tissue that’s also developing and there’s a possibility that additional arthritis has set in at C2. So I go to the surgeon every 3 to 6 months and we do x-rays and if necessary MRIs. I am 68 years old and I accept that this is part of my aging process and I wasn’t born with the world‘s best body. But I’ve increased my exercise tenfold and it’s really helping mitigate my pain and managing my health going forward.