Pulled neck muscle?!?!?

[needtobeswoledup]

I woke up this morning and lifted my head to get out of bed and then what felt like my neck popping 20x on the right side of my head. I now can't straighten my neck at all or turn it to the right. It seems to be getting more painful and harder to hold up. A friend told me this was a pulled neck muscle? Could i have disalligned my neck or something!?!?! Help!

 

[WODIN]

Just give it time and your neck will uncramp.

 

[havoc]

Break out some cardboard and do 3 sets of headspins for 1 minute each set without warm up, this should set it straight, actually ditto what the Amish lummox said. peace

 

[needtobeswoledup]

Just curious how long does it take to uncramp? I think I slept way wrong on it.... I can feel the right side muscle as tight as a baseball.... i'm having a hard time driving or even walking like this... i'm about to pop some ibprofen which i hate doing

 

[havoc]

2-3 days and you should be solid.

 

[Puddles]

You might want to go to a massage therapist...look for someone who does "deep tissue massage." Anti-inflamatories like Advil will help make you feel better, but they will actually slow down the healing process. A muscle relaxant would be better (skellaxin or flexerill). Hope you feel better soon!

 

[bigdollarallo]

whatever you do DO NOT PUT ICY HOT ON YOUR NECK, my gf said she still has vision of me running around the house screaming bloody murder after applying it to my neck..
man did that burn!!