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I Am Kind Of Worried About The Worst Possible Prognosis

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Posted on Wed, 16 Apr 2025
Question: I am 51 years old male, nonsmoker. I work on computer 10 hours a day for many years. I have some history of left and right shoulder pain and neck pain that comes and goes. This time I got worse neck pain about 5 weeks ago. My neck hurst and radiates to the shoulder, the most painfull point is somewhere near neck to the left kind of top. I get it every time I look down and right, this hurts the most. Pain varies with days, some days the pain is so severe I have back head headacke, I think it is radiating from the neck. My neck just feels stiff and hard to look left or right or up or down. I also have right shoulder pain when I put hand above the shoulder line, this pain is 6 months but seems it is not connected to my recent neck pain. The worst is at night because it hurst to sleep on either side and when I turn around it hurts. Worse is if I lie on the bed and try to lift the head. It is not sharp pain mostly but kind of it gets worse the more I move my head. At morning it gets a little better after stretching the neck, when I wake up I am all like tied up up there and shoulders hurt also. It doesn't go away and now I am kind of worried about the worst possible prognosis (like cancer). I do not have any neurological symptoms in my hands.
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Answered by Dr. Dr. Praveen Tayal (9 hours later)
Brief Answer:
Can be cervical spondylosis and frozen shoulder.

Detailed Answer:
Hello.
Thanks for writing to us.

I have gone through the query. Your symptoms of neck pain and headache seem to be related to spondylotic changes in the cervical spine. This is not related to cancer. Abnormal neck positions and working on a computer for long hours causes such symptoms. The diagnosis can be confirmed after an MRI scan of the cervical spine.

Avoid using a pillow and start with isometric neck exercises under the guidance of a physiotherapist. Taking mild pain killers and muscle relaxants will help. You can get these prescribed by your orthopedician.

The pain in the shoulder that is 6 months old can be related to a frozen shoulder. Direct examination and MRI scan of the shoulder will help us in diagnosis.

Hope this answer is helpful.
Do write to me in case you have any further questions.
Regards.
Dr. Praveen Tayal.
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Above answer was peer-reviewed by : Dr. Arnab Banerjee
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I Am Kind Of Worried About The Worst Possible Prognosis

Brief Answer: Can be cervical spondylosis and frozen shoulder. Detailed Answer: Hello. Thanks for writing to us. I have gone through the query. Your symptoms of neck pain and headache seem to be related to spondylotic changes in the cervical spine. This is not related to cancer. Abnormal neck positions and working on a computer for long hours causes such symptoms. The diagnosis can be confirmed after an MRI scan of the cervical spine. Avoid using a pillow and start with isometric neck exercises under the guidance of a physiotherapist. Taking mild pain killers and muscle relaxants will help. You can get these prescribed by your orthopedician. The pain in the shoulder that is 6 months old can be related to a frozen shoulder. Direct examination and MRI scan of the shoulder will help us in diagnosis. Hope this answer is helpful. Do write to me in case you have any further questions. Regards. Dr. Praveen Tayal.