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Suggest Treatment For Painful And Stiff Neck
hi, for the last two days my neck has been getting stiff. I woke up early this morning in a bit of pain..the left side of my neck, all around my left shoulder blade and moving toward the centre of my back is very sore when i move certain ways. the pain starts in my neck and depending on what way i move, it goes across my shoulder and into the top of my arm or down the left cents of my back. My left shoulder feels slightly numb. It does not hurt when I sit still but was extremely painful and uncomfortable lying down. What could this be?
Fri, 29 Jul 2016
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While this may only be a muscular problem, were I your doctor, I would get a MRI of your cervical spine to check for a possible ruptured disc that's pressing on a nerve root. That would explain the numbness and shoulder blade pain.
While this may only be a muscular problem, were I your doctor, I would get a MRI of your cervical spine to check for a possible ruptured disc that's pressing on a nerve root. That would explain the numbness and shoulder blade pain.
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