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Posted 5/7/2017 4:28 PM (GMT 0)
Does anyone suffer from neck pain? I've read Lyme can effect neck muscles and I have been having some awful neck pain. What do you find helps???
Posted 5/7/2017 4:31 PM (GMT 0)
I did. My neck sounded like it had gravel in it as I turned my head from side to side. The top of my shoulders hurt. I tried the chiropractor and it was a temporary fix. It was just where lyme loved to congregate in me. Japanese Knotweed, anti-inflammatory herbs and spices and red root for lymph movement were what really helped me.
Posted 5/7/2017 4:35 PM (GMT 0)
Yes, I had neck pain (left side only)...it's finally gone...it would flare every evening with my other symptoms..now and then I feel it - but much milder.

I believe mine was from nerve inflammation. I would stretch the muscle out and it would feel better...to do this, I would try and tilt my head to my right shoulder...and that would alleviate it temporarily.
Posted 5/8/2017 12:23 PM (GMT 0)

PeteZa said...
I did. My neck sounded like it had gravel in it as I turned my head from side to side. The top of my shoulders hurt. I tried the chiropractor and it was a temporary fix. It was just where lyme loved to congregate in me. Japanese Knotweed, anti-inflammatory herbs and spices and red root for lymph movement were what really helped me.

Couldn't have said it better myself. Gravel is how mine sounds when I go side to side.
Posted 5/8/2017 1:26 PM (GMT 0)
I've had neck pain in varying degrees - all the way from the aches that just plague a person, to full meningitis type issuse (boy, that's miserable). Some days, there's nothing you can do about it but get through the day, other days heat or ice packs may help.

As PeteZa said, anti-inflammatories will likely be helpful, as well as what Girlie suggested - stretching regularly. Some days, the only help I can get is to keep doing the gentle stretches all day long.
Posted 5/8/2017 5:03 PM (GMT 0)
Yup... gravel neck.

Got a lot worse as I started busting biofilm. have no idea why.

But I also had nasty stiff, painful neck, painful swollen lymphs all around head, neck when I started abx for bart. Apparently bart likes to hide out in occipital and head/neck nodes. That was a long week of bed confinement because I couldn't lift my head. Red root helped quite a bit.

-p
Posted 5/8/2017 9:03 PM (GMT 0)
YES-AWFUL aching pain. I suspect mine is caused by swollen lymph nodes that are located behind the ears? I also have the occasional muscular tension that leads to spasms that then pinch nerves, that then causes pins & needles in my arms...
Posted 5/9/2017 5:47 PM (GMT 0)
Yep, mine consistently started a year ago. Very stiff and painful, more so on the right side than the left. Pain all the way down to my right shoulder and elbow - to the extent that I have to position my wrist correctly and twist my elbow so that it pops. Likely to end up with nasty arthritis in it later in life.

I wish I could tell you I found something that helps. I had my two bottom wisdom teeth extracted about 6 weeks ago and felt immediate pain and stiffness relief, I couldn't pop that elbow even when I tried. But then again, I was also on hydrocodone and amoxy. After a couple of weeks, it all came roaring back. I think it was the anti-inflammatory pain meds that helped. I found at one point that Artemisinin helped, but I must have used it too much and built up a tolerance because I no longer notice the same effects.

I am now only on Cat's Claw for treatment. I herx pretty mildly on it but I do notice it helps a little with the neck pain. Cat's claw is anti-viral and anti-bacterial as well as anti-inflammatory.

I hope you find something that helps! If you do, please share!!
Posted 5/10/2017 12:09 AM (GMT 0)

mcspike said...
YES-AWFUL aching pain. I suspect mine is caused by swollen lymph nodes that are located behind the ears? I also have the occasional muscular tension that leads to spasms that then pinch nerves, that then causes pins & needles in my arms...


This happened to me last week couldn't move without wanting to throw up from how much pain I was in.
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