Extreme Neck Pain...Please Help!

[Bruno0326]

Last week, while squating, I felt something pull in my neck on my last rep. As soon as I felt this pull I had and instant concentrated "Migrain/Headace"the base of my skull, right where it meets my neck. There is no stiffness loss of range of motion. However I tried taking a day off and then going back in. I did back and its like whenever I strain, or blood rushes to my head, I get that same headace pain right at the base of my skull. The best way to describe it is that its like an extremely painful brain freeze.

This is my 3rd day off. I have just been doing cardio and abs, trying to not strain my neck muscles at all. I have read al labout strains on here, but it really doesnt feel like any strain I have had before.

If anyone has had this happen to them please share what you did to help aid the healing process. I plan on take until Tuesday off, at least, and just do some cardio and abs.

Any help is appriciated!

Heath

[crash187ct]

pinched nerve maybe?

[Bruno0326]

Anyone Else have any opinions. I hope its not a pinched nerve, and if it is what do I do. Should I go see the Doc?

Thanks
Heath

[KAEW44]

Be careful where the bar is when you squat, apparently all new exercise form techniques are recomending using either one of those plastic mantaray covers or the foam covers to stop the bar from pressing on your neck or even doing squats with the bar on the front on your arms and shoulders (using lighter weight) so that you dont press on your neck.

Many neck injuries and problems can occur from doing squats with the bar on the back of your neck, most of them arent immeadiate and will come with time.

[Bruno0326]

I usually use a foam pad, and the bar rest lower more on my delts. The bar does not touch my neck and, like I said before, the pain that I got came from straining. Not neccessarily from the pressure from the bar. I was not really going that heavy either, 15 reps of 315.

Today I went to the gym planning on only doing cardio, and ended up on the bench. I only went to 225 and did about 10 reps or so and the pain did not come back. So I quit while I was ahead and went on to do some cable crossovers with 40lbs and just tried to focus on my technique and sqeezing my pecs. Again the pain did not arise. I did a total of about 8 sets combined of bench and cables, then hit the treadmill. I think that it is slowly healing with time, I have not lost any range of motion still, and plan on taking it easy until wednesday then try to hit it a little harder again.

Heath

[Doc.Sust]

I usually use a foam pad, and the bar rest lower more on my delts. The bar does not touch my neck and, like I said before, the pain that I got came from straining. Not neccessarily from the pressure from the bar. I was not really going that heavy either, 15 reps of 315.

Today I went to the gym planning on only doing cardio, and ended up on the bench. I only went to 225 and did about 10 reps or so and the pain did not come back. So I quit while I was ahead and went on to do some cable crossovers with 40lbs and just tried to focus on my technique and sqeezing my pecs. Again the pain did not arise. I did a total of about 8 sets combined of bench and cables, then hit the treadmill. I think that it is slowly healing with time, I have not lost any range of motion still, and plan on taking it easy until wednesday then try to hit it a little harder again.

Heath

dont ever use the foam pad, it promotes bad form, if you are feeling pain without the foam pad, your bar placement is wrong, it is that simple. i can throw on 600lbs + and feel no pain if the bar is placed correctly

as for your pain, rest, ice, motrin,chiro adjustment, massage therapy and dont push it when you make it back to the gym. you have a simple sprain/strain