I have had extreme neck pain causing headaches to start at the base of my skull and travel forward. There are little marble sized knots on my neck that I d never noticed before (27) but just started feeling about the time the headaches started in November. I checked with primary care and she s telling me I have tension headaches. My neck/head get really tight and throbbing feeling with consistent pain. Are these lumps normal? Are they causing my head/neck pain? Some physical therapy called Rossiter stretching has supplied some relief but minimal.