Neck stiffness

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Guy with a neck ache walks into a doctors office, says "Doc, it hurts when I do THIS''.
The doctor told him "Well don't DO THAT."

My dad had the same thing, it was thyroid cancer.

In your case, you should be fine in a day or so. Everything from sleeping wrong to sleeping
too near the AC duct through too much soda or too much salt can cause that. It can also
be caused by mandibular muscle issues, TMJ. It comes and goes, and while it can seem stubborn
to get rid of it, sometimes the best thing to do is reverse it...if it hurts like hell to sleep with it
a certain way, then DO THAT, at least til you fall asleep.
Like the doctor said...don't DO that.

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Originally Posted by OLS

Guy with a neck ache walks into a doctors office, says "Doc, it hurts when I do THIS''.
The doctor told him "Well don't DO THAT."

My dad had the same thing, it was thyroid cancer.

In your case, you should be fine in a day or so. Everything from sleeping wrong to sleeping
too near the AC duct through too much soda or too much salt can cause that.
Like the doctor said...don't DO that.

My girlfriend said this type of extreme stiffness was a primary symptom of meningitis but I never developed the fever that goes along with it. Needless to say I got really freaked out last night reading about it.