Hello and Welcome to ‘Ask A Doctor’ service. I have reviewed your query and here is my advice. Several features of pain can be helpful in clarifying what is going on and the next steps for diagnosis and treatment. Type of pain Burning mostly means a nerve is having problems. This can be either a sick nerve or a nerve that has had an injury. Electrical, shooting would be others implying nerve source for pain. Location of pain There is a lot to this. First, if something goes in the pathway of a nerve, then that is the nerve involved. Nerves are long and the pain is in a belt-like long pathway. Smaller areas are smaller nerves. This also tends to say what might be going on. Obviously if there was an injury to the area and then there was pain outward from it hit a nerve would be a possibility. Sick nerves are MULTIPLE areas and tend to be the TIPS of the nerve not the whole nerve. What hurts? Moving a particular way that triggers the pain tells what is hurting. Specifically it can distinguish outward structures like skin, muscles, tendons, joints from deep structures like organs and nerves. Having a diagnosis leads to a choice of medicine for the pain. Inflamed outer structures respond to treating inflammation. Inner structures need diagnostic tests because something internal is broken. Computer professionals tend to get neck problems from position. Putting the screen so you look up instead of down and getting a neck brace and working on overall neck flexibility would often be recommended. Hope I have answered your query. Let me know if I can assist you further. Regards, Dr. Matt Wachsman