Hi, yes I think you're right and that it's the scalenes in spasm.

Thanks for the links, I'll work my way through them. It reminded me that I bought a book ages ago called 'The Trigger Point Therapy Workbook, your self-treatment guide for pain relief' by Clair Davies. I dug it out last night and had a look through it and there are treatments that I could do myself.

My osteo is a bit 'alternative' and likes to do his own thing e.g. before he works on my neck he works on my lower abdomen as he says there's a link between the two, and if he loosens one it will loosen the other. Not sure I go along with that but chiros are bad over here and he's the best option. He does work on my top rib but I don't know if it's triggerpoint therapy. I think what I'll do is take the book along at my next appointment and ask him if I'm doing the exercises correctly - that way he can see the book and what I want, as well as making sure I'm working on the correct sites.