Suggest Treatment For Sprained Neck And Intermittent Pain During Sleep

Posted on Fri, 14 Nov 2014

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Question : When I was shifting some items on to Terrace, I remember, that my neck was sprained and hence couldn't move my neck for sometime; This issue subsided in about 4 days and I could move my neck freely. Subsequently, I have the pain in the same area in my neck, extended little bit on my back. The pain seems to be come occasionally during sleep and its intermittent. I did blood check and found fasting blood sugar 95 and PBS - 142. What could be the problem?

Answered by Dr. Saurabh Gupta (1 hour later)

Brief Answer:
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Detailed Answer:
Hello,
Thanks for your query.

According to your history and complains yes such kind of pain can due to compression of nerve and muscle sprain due lifting of heavy weight on shoulder.

When such patient comes to my hospital we usually take x ray spine to see for severity of nerve compression.
Another differential can be nerve compression due to disc bulge which may need MRI for confirmation.

Medication like methylcobalamine with muscle relaxant and analgesic will reduce pain, you can take them consulting your treating doctor.
You may consult physiotherapist for further guidance. He may start TENS ,or ultrasound which is helpful in your case.
You may need to take rest for early healing.

Some exercises which can be done after pain has reduced include- gradual neck rotation, touching your ears to shoulder, shoulder shrugging exercises.
Also check your vit B12 and vit D3 in your blood.

I do hope that you have found something helpful and I will be glad to answer any further query.

Take care

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