Last Friday I was doing seated cable rows and felt a pain in my right upper trap
I called the session off as the pain was getting worse and I was struggling to move my head due the due to the pain and tightness
Went home and iced it and rested
Day after the right trap and the right side of my neck was pretty painful and range of motion in my head was very limited. I have been doing neck drills which help very slightly.
It seems to loosen up during the day a bit but at night or when laying down seems to “undo” it all and the pain in the trap/neck is a lot worse when for example getting out of bed as there Is pressure on the head and also turning over in bed.
I’ll wake up a few times at night to turn over as the pain gets pretty bad. Also will feel some pain around the rear delt/ac joint area of the right side. Nothing at all on the left side.
Without knowing anything else, this is a situation where we would recommend our standard approach to managing pain in the gym, and would expect things to improve with time.
You should consult a doctor that will prescribe the treatment. The pains won’t disappear if you do nothing. I’ve been in a similar situation some time ago and I know how the neck pain can hurt. Last year, I had a car accident and my spine was traumatized and since then I had back and neck pains. All this nightmare ended when I got in touch with Dr. Mork and he established the diagnosis, did the surgery and prescribed the treatment, now I feel much better and I don’t have pains anymore. You can find more about him on drtonymork.com. I would advise making an appointment, because the longer you suffer the pain, the longer the treatment will take.
@dalebreton - I understand your personal experience with symptoms is likely influencing your recommendation to seek consult. However, your situation - an acute trauma post motor vehicle accident - is quite different than performing a low velocity movement at the gym. Your quote above isn’t necessarily true. Although @Anjb may benefit from a consultation to provide guidance on how he can self-manage, often there is a natural history to such symptoms (meaning without intervention, natural course of the experience). The article linked by Austin above provides such guidance on how to self-manage while natural history and regression to the mean occurs. Again, I understand your experience is influencing your recommendations but we should be very cautious in applying our own personal experience to someone else, most especially in the experience of pain.
