What Causes Recurrent Neck Pain With Muscle Tightness?

Posted on Fri, 5 Sep 2014

Medically reviewed by Ask A Doctor - 24x7 Medical Review Team

Fri, 5 Sep 2014 Answered on

Sat, 27 Sep 2014 Last reviewed on

Question :
About two years ago I was stretching my neck to the left and felt a pain in my ear. The next morning I could not hear and had tinnitus. Hearing tests showed death to the inner ear nerve and tiny hairs, with 80% hearing loss. I have also had ulnar nerve surgery, and carpal tunnel surgery. I have neck pain every day, with tightness of muscles as well. Do you have a diagnosis and recommendations for treatment?

Answered by Dr. Naveen (-4 hours later)

Brief Answer:
MRI of the cervical spine is required...

Detailed Answer:
Hi

Thanks for posting the query

The recurrent neck pain with muscle tightness could be related to any one of the following conditions, such as, cervical spondylosis, disc prolapse, concretions present over the cervical vertebra and vitamin D deficiency.

MRI of the cervical spine and serum calcium will aid in making an accurate diagnosis. An orthopedician or a spine surgeon can help you in this regard. Also, you need to do neck strengthening exercises as per the recommendations of the physiotherapist.

Hope I have answered your query. I'll be available for the follow up queries.

Regards
Dr. Naveen Kumar N.
ENT and Head & Neck Surgeon

Above answer was peer-reviewed by : Dr. Ashwin Bhandari