(((((((Moi))))))))))
my son used to really have a hard time with neck tics
had to see a chiro weekly as he would put his atlas vertebra out all the time
it has been hardly there since he has followed the careful diet plus taking the extra magnesium supplements
he used to find soaking a washcloth in epsom salts solution and then leaving that to rest on back of his neck helpful
also acupuncture
the salonpas mrsD mentioned are so good to relieve pain
but it sounds to me like the tics have put your vertebra out and causing the peripheral pain...at least that is what used to happen to my son