Cracking and grinding in neck and lower back with pain
I had lots of neck and shoulder pain a year after I got into a small car accident and didn’t do treatment until 2.5 years later.
I went for x-rays at a chiropracter for my upper neck and was told I was going into phase two of degenerative disk disease and lost my neck curvature. So we did adjustments 3 times a week, then twice a week for 2-3 months about.
My curvature is finally noticable once again, yet now I am hearing this cracking and grinding noise throughout the day when slightly moving my neck any position.
Sometimes, my neck hurts so bad, I press on the back of it and feel a buldge of something – if I push on it hard it makes a grinding sound, and subsides a little.
When this buldge appears, massive pain along my arm and shoulders reaccur again and it’s unbearable.
I asked the chiro about it and he says it’s nothing major? Can you please help me and give me advice as to what this is and is it curable without surgeory?
I don’t have anymore money left to pay for a chiropracter anymore since I was paying out of pocket. I apologize if this is so much information and questioning, but this is really bothering me. I’m 23 years old and I feel like a cripple sometimes.
The neck and shoulder problem didn’t occur until after the accident when I was 20. On the other hand, I have had lower back problems since I was at least 13 years old.
Sometimes I get this severe shock if I am even gently bending down.
I always have pain when standing and if I massage or push on the lower area, it always feels like a bruise. Now it’s getting to the point this last 3 months where I hear this loud popping and clicking when I get up from a chair or twist my body naturally.
I get burning sensations too in both my neck and my lower back. What is all of this? My mother and grandmother both had surgeory.
I keep reading that surgeory is not always neccessary, so how do I fix this or can I? Thank you and God bless you.
13 comments
linda
ME TOO! I didn’t have any neck problems till after the chiro…did you guys or do you have any diziness now too?
marissa
Barbara, I have had a problem with dizziness for years, and it is only when I turn my head in a certain direction… PLEASE… read up on Benign Paroxysmal Positional Vertigo… basically fancy talk for getting dizzy when you turn your head. Any sort of trauma to the head can cause this, and I have heard of several people having this caused by an abrupt adjustment to the neck. I won’t bore you with the details, but please check into that! Once I realized what this was, I was able to find the right kind of treatment.
Donna J. Nuzum
I have alot of lower back and neck pain. I get muscle cramps on the sides of my back. Sometimes my neck will get into a catch and when I get it to move again its painful. My back hurst really bad when I rake, sweep that type of motion. I am not overweight and am active.
Barbara
I’ve also been going to a chiropractor and although I have more motion in my neck now, I too hear grinding noises when I move my neck. I don’t experience pain, but I have felt dizzy when I move my head in a certain direction. I asked my chiropractor and he told me it was loose ligaments in my neck. Somehow this doesn’t feel natural.
Lea McBride
I have been diagnosed with scheuermanns disease and experience so much pain especially in my neck area I have been told I have arthritis spurs growing on my c12/c11 this worries me as I am only 22yrs old. I have done so much as hydrotherapy for example to help combat pain also seen orthopeadic surgeon did not help except for surgery which I don’t want. please help no one else will,
Peter Whyatt
I have been informed I may have scheuermanns disease due to the fact that my legs go very numb and now so has my left hand and arm. I also have pins and needles in the tips of my fingers. (Is this common in scheuermanns?)i have also been told I may need an MRI scanplease advise
Patsy
I was in an accident 7-05. I went to a chiropractor until Nov. I still had pain in dec, bu it was such a hectic month I just dealt with the pain. I began to go back to the chiropactor in Jan. I was in miserable pain by the end of feb. I have not worked since. I have grinding, swelling pain on the right side of my neck. It seems to “lock” at times. I am now going to a PT. I can’t tell if it is doing any good yet. I am going broke and need to get back to work. does anyone have anything encouraging to share with me. I feel like I am never going to get relief!!!
Chris
I too have cracking and grinding in my neck. I’ve been going to a chiropractor for 15 years (I’m 31) and either he caused it or I never noticed it before. I’ve never been in an accident. He told me 13 years ago that I had no cervical curve in my neck. Regardless, it still cracks and grinds and is stiff all the time. I’m going to try yoga, massage and acupuncture. No more chiropractic though, I’ve spent thousands and my neck still grinds.
Roger Newby
I am 34 years old and have been dealing with the pain for 14 years. I do not think there are any pain meds out there that will help much. I have been to dozens of doctors with no help at all. Physical therapy is a joke! I went to UVA medical center yesterday (5-7) to talk to a nurosurgeon, and he said I have 2 options, live with the pain for the rest of my life or have surgery. I do not know what to do. The pain is getting unbearable. He went through the major risks with me and told me to take 6 weeks tho decide. I can’t live with it!
Andrew
I get a gentle grinding sound almost every time I turn my head which seems to come and go (or do I just forget about it) I am quite concerned about it as I am only 20 and the spinal cord is a valubale thing if you want to learn any skills in life. I have done a lot of headbanging at gigs when I was younger and think this is the cause although I am still unsettled at the thought that it might be damaging something that is unrepairable.
victor
I HAVE HAD THE SAME PROBLEM SINCE NOV. MVA HEAD-ON. ANY POSITION SENDS SEVER PAIN SHOOTING UP AND DOWN MY NECK, X-RAYS JUST SHOW ARTHRITIS AND THE DOCTORS SAY ITS BECAUSE OF THE ARTHRITIS THAT I HAVE GRINDING IN MY NECK. MY LOWER BACK WAS INJURED IN SEPT. 5 YEARS AGO WENT I HAD 1000BLS. FELL ACROSS MY LOWER BACK. HAD BILATERAL DISCETIME AT L5/S1 COMPLET FAILURE DO NOT RECEMMEND SURGURY AT ALL TO ANYBODY BEST OF LUCK VICTOR
Lynn
I was rear-ended in minor auto accident. I went to the chiro right away and was told my neck has no curve and my C1 bone was shifted to the left after reviewing the X-ray. I started the treatment right away on 4/16 three times a week. Recently, I started to notice my neck is making grinding noise when I move my head in any directions so I skip a week. I had a suspicion that was caused by my chiro adjustment so went back and had another adjustment by another chiro doctor. It felt a little better, but the noise is still there just not as bad. But I think I’m feeling a little dizzy. I’ll see what happen next. Today is 4/31.
DM
I have read these stories and feel sorry for you all as I am also living thru this misery and I am only 19. I am getting more depressed every day and want only information that can truly help as I am on a tight budget also. Does anyone know of anything that truly works? Thanks.