on Saturday night I was rough housing on my bed with my cat. I started to slowly fall of my bed and I tried to stop but it didn t work. I ended up on my head on the floor and all my weight (I weigh at least 131 pounds) on my neck and my body went over my head and then my head popped up. So it was kind of like an extremely painful back flip or somersault, off my bed. The pain right now is probably a 15 on a scale of 1-10. I went and saw Ms. Will (the school nurse at my high school) about my neck and she said that in between my vertebrae was probably swollen and to go see a doctor if it gets worse. So anyway the pain was not that bad unless I tried to look up. At the end of the school day the pain got worse and I got a bad headache. ( I don t know if that has anything to do with my neck but in case it does there you go) My symptoms are
Hi, You have mentioned Severe pain in your neck region along with swelling and stiffness. All this actually points out to the pattern of Neck injury which you sustained which might have lead to all the three symptoms in your case. If you have localized Neck pain with no other symptoms like radiating leg pain, neurological symptoms like numbness, weakness, paresthesia etc., then in my opinion you can start with following recommendations for initial period of 2 weeks