Neck pain: help me recover from this pain!!

[J431S]

can anyone help with ideas, my neck hurts from weight lifting, my form seems to proper yet i do get this constant neck pain inspite of stretching before and afte work. please help what should i do...thanks

[lovbyts]

If it hurts stop. Use lighter weight and work on the form more. Go see a chiropractor but get references first.

[whiteowl]

hey J....lovbyts is right...pain is designed to tell the brain that the body is in a bit of a pinch...no pun intended but speaking from someone that has a neck full of titanium plates...nerves will send sharp pain signals...if you have burners....where the pain traverses down your arm and burns through your fingers, it is most likely a bulging or ruptured disc....if you have a numbing/tingling sensation then you have a vertebrae out of line....try an inversion table ...i bought one just to have to use at the first sign of trouble...so the questions are: local or traveling pain; sharp or dull; burn vs tingle....and what exercise are you doing which starts the pain?

[J431S]

thanks guys...took some time off....pain is gone now....

But here's the problem: lost some momentum that i had, seems like i have to start all over again to go heavy...what the heck? it is all good though...no neck pain!!

[whiteowl]

glad to hear it.

[F4iGuy]

If its a muscle spasm electro stim. is helpful

[PEWN]

do you have a job that you sit all day ? could be using the wrong sitting poster while looking at a screen or reading. Which will cause you neck and back to ache .... even worse when lifting. I took classes on how to set up your desk at work for good poster and that worked great. its called Ergonomics just in case any one was wondering...