I had neck fusion on 3,4,5 disc about 12 years and had no problems but 3 weeks ago I had to have the disc 6 done and they took the hardwear out that was on the 3-5. My neck is hurting more and more all the time. all the muscles are very sore and I m having shooting pain up into my skull. When I try to turn my head it almost feels like it gets out of place.I never had this kind of pain on my other surgery.
Hi, thank-you for providing the brief history of you. As you had neck surgery 12 years back which was not troubling till date until you had the next Surgery of the neck. Of course this will lead to pain as in 12 years of time there will be a lot of degenerative changes and also the wear and tear of the joint. You need to wait for sometime for the bodies protective mechanism to complete its course of inflammation and the pain will come down. If you had a Surgery recently I feel the surgeon must have provided painkillers which will take a little time to control the pain. Also using quick icing should provide an additional workout for reducing the pain along with Chat Doctor. This is the common complain we receive in our clinical practice. We recommend undergoing physical therapy like ultrasound therapy to reduce the inflammation and TENS if possible for the trapezius muscle to reduce the spasm. Quick icing is of course a choice we prefer to add the help. Regards Jay In