At this point I am so turned around and confused that I don't know what to do.

When I had this injury, I did hit the right side of my head pretty hard but it seemed that a lot of the force of the impact went into my neck at the point where the spine meets the base of the skull. In fact, there was such a loud CRACK sound that came from that spot when I hit, that I actually thought for a split second that I had broken my neck.

However, in the years since then I have seen a number of chiropractors, including a NUCCA specialist (national upper cervical chiropractic association) who have done X-rays and adjusted me more times than I can remember. I stayed with the NUCCA guy for months and payed him a good deal of cash because he said my C-1 vertebrae was REALLY off (and showed me the xrays to prove it) but when he was finished and said that I was aligned I didn't feel any improvement. I have also had body work and message done many times on my neck, back, head, etc.

Now I'm working with this head trauma specialist who is also a chiropractor and I told him about my neck injury but he is focusing solely on my brain. He has done a lot of testing on me and says that all of my problems are from a brain injury. He says that if I had injured my brain stem in some way I would be dead.

So I don't know what more to do. I feel so frustrated and confused and it seems like there is always doubt in my mind about what I am doing.

What other options are there to treat or diagnose a neck injury?