Question
I'm taking two medicines:

Thiocolchicoside Capsules 8mg
Aceclofenac Tablets 100mg

Both are taken twice a day: after breakfast and after dinner.
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I'm 22 yrs old. I have been having severe headaches at the back of my head. Now the headaches have disappeared but there is pain in my neck. When I move my head I feel no pain but I feel crunching sounds in my neck. There is absolutely no pain or discomfort in the shoulders or the arms. I'm getting very worried. My osteopath tells me that this is because of strain on the neck due to improper posture while sleeping or watching TV. I'm on some medications.

Does this mean that I have a slipped disc in the neck?! Or is this just a small strain on the neck that will get better with time?

Answer -
Gordon:

Thanks for writing!

What kind of medications are you on?

Dr. Rozeboom

Answer
Gordon:

Ok!

Those are a muscle relaxer and an anti-inflamatory, like Viox.

I would assume you are on those for a short time, not for life.

The pain in the back of the head near the neck is a defense mechanism of the body. When your bodies defenses gave out, that quit hurting.

The crunching in you neck is a sign that the bones are not fitting together as they should. The little piece of slick bone on one vertebrae (a neck bone) is not sitting down on the little slick piece of bone on the next vertebrae.

There is a home exercise you can do that will correct it. And it is this.

Standing or laying on your back, keep your face stright forward. Do not tilt the chin down or up. If you are lying on your back, move the face toward the ceiling is such a way that if it touched the ceiling, your face would be flat on the ceiling. If you are standing, move it straight forward in such a way that your forehead and chin would touch the wall in front of you at the same time. That is, if your nose doesn't get in the way! But it has to go straight forward.

Holding that position, move your chin in a figure eight pattern. Imagine the wall is a piece of paper. You have a pencil sticking straight out from your chin. Use the tip of the pencil to write a "8" laying on its side. {}-{}. That is the closest I can get to showing the motion on this computer!

When done correctly, the neck will then make a crunching noise at the base of the skull. This is good. It will help your neck. It might not take the crunching sound out right away, but it will ensure that no damage is done and in fact will correct the problem if one persists in using it.

Does this answer you question?

If not, go to www.sorsi.com, www.icak.com and www.soto-usa.com and look for a good chiropractor near you. They cn go over the exercise with you. It if from Dr. DeJarnette's writing.

Dr. Rozeboom