So my daughter is 13 years old and she has been experiencing shoulder and neck pain/stiffness. I took her to the doctor and she said my daughter has a bird neck . So her neck is a little more forward than it should be. Then the doctor recommended that I take her to physical therapy. Our first visit the PT said that my daughter had 7 vertebrae, 4 ribs, and pelvic bone not lined up. At that time my daughter also had back pain and could hardly run. So the PT got everything lined up and we ended up going to physical therapy for 6 weeks. The PT said my daughter was really weak in the shoulder and neck area and had to get her stronger. She had her doing 15+ stretching and strengthening exercises and my daughter said she didn t really feel any better. The only thing the PT did that did help was unravel the really tight muscles in her neck but it only helped for a couple of days of at most a week. Then we stopped going to PT and went back to the doctor. All the doctor kept doing was comparing my daughter with herself but my daughter is not the same age! The doctor told me to take the x-rays that we got the first visit with the doctor that showed nothing wrong and to take them to to the chiropractor. Now we have been to the chiropractor before and I really don t think that he will be able to do anything. The last time I took her he told my daughter that she was to take epsom salt baths. She has been feeling bad and this has been go I going on for about 6 months. I was just needing some advice on what to do next. She also had a very mild case of scoliosis.
Hello, As a first line management, you can take analgesics like paracetamol or aceclofenac for pain relief. If symptoms persists better to consult an orthopedician and plan for an MRI scan to rule out possible causes like cervical spondylitis. Hope I have answered your query. Let me know if I can assist you further. Regards, Dr. Shinas Hussain, General & Family Physician