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Tension pain in back/neck

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CrispyChick:
Yes. Good point re. Physio.

Maybe worth doing. Think it is quite a straight forward self referral at my surgery right enough.

But right now I'm too overwhelmed to consider it. So I think there's something in that!

My body has been through so many changes as I try and find a solution to my awful symptoms. But every change provokes further symptoms. And now all this agonising pain.

But the fact I feel too overwhelmed to make a simple physio appointment - perhaps does indicate stress/tension.

Will see. I'll do the physio once my brain calms a bit I guess.  >:(

marge:
I was telling a friend over the weekend that l was experiencing upper back pain and she said she had exactly the same. We decided we couldn’t both be in the throes of a serious illness at the same time so it must be tension as we’ve both had a rather stressful few weeks.  Incidentally, we’re late 60s/70s so not meno related.

CrispyChick:
Thanks Marge. That's very interesting.

dangermouse:
I have had this for the last 10 years. What they thought was migraines turned out to be cervicogenic headaches - although my head didn’t ache! When I have hormone volatility it gets much worse and, interestingly, when I force stretched it a couple of years ago I overstretched a tendon or ligament and had to wait for 3 months for it to heal and all my nausea and dizziness came back during that time.

My osteopath said I have a scoliosis (my collarbone has always looked wonky) which then puts pressure on the nerves. I now lift weights to try to keep the area better supported. Apart from that I have to live with it.

So I think, for me, it’s blood flow issues from cervical compression, which makes me ultra sensitive to hormone fluctuations. This also affects vagus nerve and digestion as everything is connected.

Perhaps all of us who cannot tolerate hormonal fluctuations, including HRT, have a structural cause that becomes more apparent as we age?

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