Neck pain and headaches while sleeping

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Avatar n tn Roll a towel and place it under your neck while sleeping on the back and between head and shoulder when lying on the side. Initially this will be uncomfortable but with time the acupressure will work. Use an analgesic cream or spray. Anti-inflammatory drugs help. Also, you must improve your posture while sitting and working. An occupational therapist can help you with that. Take care!
5154898 tn?1374773319 Use a hard bed to sleep. Avoid a pillow. Roll a towel and place it under your neck while sleeping on the back and between head and shoulder when lying on the side. Initially this will be uncomfortable but with time the acupressure will work. Use an analgesic cream or spray. Anti-inflammatory drugs and muscle relaxants also help. Also, you must improve your posture while sitting and working. Manual therapy, neck exercises etc should all be tried as all these can help relieve pain.
Avatar f tn I thought maybe it was the lack of caffeine. I drank a lot of Pepsi prior to being preggers but have stopped. I allow myself one occasionally. But I would think the headaches would happen during the day and not while I'm sleeping. I will try the humidifier though...the air is very dry here.
7827642 tn?1396958758 Have you been sleeping more on your left side than normal??
Avatar f tn Avoid a pillow. Roll a towel and place it under your neck while sleeping on the back and between head and shoulder when lying on the side. Initially this will be uncomfortable but with time the acupressure will work. Use an analgesic cream or spray. Anti-inflammatory drugs help. Also, you must improve your posture while sitting and working. Please discuss these options with your treating doctor. Take care!
Avatar f tn Roll a towel and place it under your neck while sleeping. Initially this will be uncomfortable but with time the acupressure will do wonders. Use an analgesic cream or spray. Anti-inflammatory drugs help. A MRI of the cervical spine may be required. Please consult a neurologist. The treatment is to remove the compression. You have to discuss the best treatment option with a neurologist, which can range from medication to physiotherapy to traction, cervical collars or even surgery.
Avatar f tn Please help me, its normal for me to have headaches during the day( thank you migraines) but im starting to get headaches while sleeping, i try different positions, sleeping without pillow, using different pillows... And nothing works!! Its causeing me to lose sleep. I wake up every morning with my head throbbing! My head is not comfortable in any postition.. Is something wrong with me???
Avatar f tn I was told by my OB that my headaches would subside in my second trimester....but they're getting worse. And it's down into my neck. I almost think its a pinched nerve. I've called them to see about med I can take or something but still haven't heard back. Any tips or advise on how I can get rid of this pain. Its crippling. My head hurts, my eyes hurt, my neck hurts, all of it.
Avatar f tn For your headaches... put peppermint extract on your forehead, temples and back of your neck. IT has been known for ages that it increases blood flow and will decrease the pain. I use peppermint goats milk lotion and its a life saver! Cheap and worth it!!
Avatar f tn But then I wake up this morning and the whole back of my neck is in pain, and I cant stretch it or touch it without pain. And it comes with verry annoying pains in both temples and ears and behind my eyes as well. And thats not the worst part, my shoulders both are in pain when I move them, or lift things. All the way down to the palms of my hands, and then when I change sleeping positions at night, my hips hurt the same way and all the way down to my feet ..
Avatar n tn i have this strange problem, most of the times my sperms leak out when i am sleeping (may be a romantic dream lol). the next couple of days will be the bad ones for me, i get a bad pain in the head & lower back of my neck. first day it will be severe and the next day it will be 50%. can someone suggest me whom should i consult ? i mean what kind of doctor and is this a common problem? does it have a name ? i am bad in nomenclature. thanks.
Avatar m tn i am a 34 yr old male that has severe headaches that can last for a week at a time. the pain generally comes from the back of my neck, and it gets sore and sensitive behind my right ear. i can get light sensitive but not always and can get sick. no tylenol, ibuprofen or any other otc meds seem to help, i cant sleep because they hurt so bad, and i can get little relief with sleeping with a heating pad under my head.
Avatar f tn Roll a towel and place it under your neck while sleeping on the back and between head and shoulder when lying on the side. Initially this will be uncomfortable but with time the acupressure will work. Use an analgesic cream or spray. Anti-inflammatory drugs help. Also, you must improve your posture while sitting and working. Please discuss all this with your doctor. You may need to consult a neurologist and undergo a MRI. Take care!
Avatar m tn My wife has had the above condition for several years. Sudden pain from top of neck which travels almost to back of her head. Until recently, these episodes have ended almost immediately and the pain went away. The episodes occur about twice/three times per month.... always during the morning - before noon. Very recently, the attacks have become worse whereby she has to lie down and take a pain killer (GP advice).
Avatar f tn Sternum is tender to press on, really bad pain in upper back when I breath out, laugh or push my shoulders back, dull pains in upper arms and shoulders and elbows usually when sleeping, tired a lot-sleeping too long-not waking up well. I nev er get headaches, i have been greeting bad head aches. I can't find one thing with these symptoms together- any ideas???
Avatar m tn There can be numerous side effects such as headaches and lower neck pain or shoulder pain, shooting pain in the neck or radiating pain down the arm and also tingling in hands and fingers. Take care!
Avatar m tn I am a 22 year old male and I have had a history of random shooting pain headaches (generally on the left side of my head) that come and go at random. For the past 6 days now I have been experiencing them more frequently. Multiple times a day, as opposed to the usual once or twice every so often. They go as quickly as they come and I'm a total hypochondriac.
671285 tn?1292660161 I have been battling with an ear ache for about a month and I notice that I get head twitches, spasms, and pain on the same side as the infected ear.
Avatar f tn There were days that I did not have a headache but when I did it was often accompanied by neck pain and mild jaw pain. I have noticed that when I do not have headaches, I feel a little lightheaded. A friend of mine suggested trying something as simple as sleeping with 1 pillow. Right around the time all this started I began sleeping with two pillows. Helps with the headaches a bit but not the lightheadedness. Ibuprofen helps with the headaches.
Avatar f tn I am 18 weeks pregnant and suffer from Anxiety and Panic attacks. I have had consistent headaches since January 24. They have been on and off but happen every day. I take a minimum of 1 Extra Strength Tylenol practically everyday. The first time I had a long-lasting headache was when I was 10 weeks pregnant and it lasted about 6 days. My sleeping patterns are not very good, if I get 5 hours of sleep a night I am lucky. I work and spend most of the day infront of a computer.
Avatar f tn C6 but was not compressing against anything. Pain and stiffness generates from my headaches to the back of my neck and shoulders and upper back. My nerve pains in my arms last night was so bad that I could hardly move them. Fatique is very bad right now due to how long the pain has occurred and not missing work. I do software design work. The nerurologist I am seeing is supposed to be the best.
Avatar n tn I would suggest you to do some neck exercises every day, maintain a good posture while sitting and make sure your head and neck are well supported when lying down. Other possibilities like cervical spine stenosis, disc herniation or prolapse also need to be ruled out. I would suggest you to get a clinical exam done if the pain persists even after correcting the posture because then the possibility of sinusitis and neuralgias also should be looked into.
Avatar m tn Habitual snoring and gasping for breath during night is a usually earliest sign with excessive daytime sleepiness, fatigue, feeling unrefreshed, night sweats, morning dry mouth or sore throat and headaches. There may be a family history. Overweight, large neck circumference, structurally abnormal airway, smoking, alcohol and sleeping pills can be some causes. Losing weight is one of the best things to do, avoid alcohol, smoking and sleeping on to your back.
Avatar f tn Also I forgot to ad that this causes bad headaches every day as well pretty much a day. And a couple nights over the last few months that I've had the neck pain, I have ha a tingly, pins and needles feeling all across my scalp. It is very irritating.
1282132 tn?1271412325 They don't happen very often. once every two to three months (Approx. I'm guessing). Ive been getting them since January 2010 while I'm asleep. I don't really know how long they last but i think mostly through out my slumber. They feel like a continuous brain freeze. I'm not wary of the fact that I'm sleeping but i can feel the pain vividly and it really hurts. As for my breathing, i think while the headaches are happening my breathing is fairly faint.
Avatar f tn Tension headaches involve the muscles of the neck and shoulders as these may present with tightness and pain over these regions.The pain of tension headaches is bilateral ad nonthrobbing. Seek second opinion with a neurologist. A complete neurologic examination may be necessary.Bring the results of the CT scan with you.
Avatar n tn Had an MRI of the neck but showed nothing! 3 Months later i am still having neck pain and severe headaches but not as regularly. Once a week from about every other day? Thanks for any input!
Avatar f tn Surprise!!! It gets way worse. I'm 36 weeks. I don't even sleep anymore but a couple hrs. Like have to pee so much & I can not breathe hardly. This big baby is smashing my insides laying on my lungs! I can't walk, go to the store..my back & stomachs hurt that bad. And I have felt all my stretxhmarks appear. They itch & then I feel the ripping of my skin. And I'm sore & now I have zebra print allover my stomache! But this pain is so ******.