Thread: Icing the neck
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Old 04-10-2013, 02:25 AM
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Been icing my neck since about six weeks post injury, pretty much as soon as I read it here. So let me see, that's almost four months of icing.

I never miss a day. I find it somewhat helps ease neck and headache pain if consistent. I rotate two ice packs (with intervals of no ice) throughout my evening.

Sometimes I ice after I wake up because sleeping makes my neck hurt. Can't find that perfect alignment position. Grrrr.

I have received no qualified care to know if my c1 or c2 is inflamed or bulging like many posters talk about here. I don't think my doctors even know as much as the members here know; my care has been grossly ignorant of the realities of PCS. I have no idea what's going on with my neck.

So why I ice? I have neck pain and headaches. The cooling sensation is heavenly and it's relieving, that's all I know.
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About it: October 26, 2012 I fell backward on an icy parking lot at work. I was on Workers Comp for 9 months. My PCS : everyday headaches became once in a while headaches, and neck pain became manageable. Still have occasional mild dizziness, sometimes fullness in the ears, convergence insufficiency, sequencing struggles, short term memory struggles, verbal processing delays. CT neg, MRI neg. Therapies: prism glasses, acupuncture, icing neck, resting, supplementing, Elavil 20mg at bedtime.

NEW: Completed 12 weeks of physical therapy and returned to work full time.

About me: I'm a marketing manager, a mom with a blended family and wife to a heart attack survivor. I believe my brain injury taught me more than it cost me. I'm grateful to still be me!
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