Hi there everyone, sincerely hope that you are enjoying a sunny Sunday.

I have a question to which I hope that someone may be able to answer for me...On occasion I have always had the odd creak in the neck...which I know to be normal but over the last 5-6 months this creaking & popping has become very, very painful...lasts slightly longer & at the same time that the neck creaks, pops or whatever the description I get a numbness & tingling to the left side of my face, which lasts for a minute or two...this goes away once the pain from the neck creak goes away...I also have a creaking that sounds like a crackling whenever I turn my head from left to right & vice versa.

I can honestly say that there is no specific change in my lifestyle or whatever to have caused this problem to escalate.

I would appreciate any advice from someone out there who knows or may have suffered the same problem.

Thanks & take care

Beth

Hi and welcome
it is very possible that you have cervical vertebrae out of alignment. that can cause the pain, numbness an the sounds

this is something i have had periodically and a visit to my chiropractor always fixes it

i only use NUCCA trained chiros ( www. nucca.com )

hope that may be of help to you

Welcome to NT

I've not had that in particular to complain about. Had a lot of neck issues. You should be able to get an answer with a good caring doc, examination, and some testing and imaging.

Definitely sounds like your hinges need some oiling to me.

Have you tried yoga or some gentle stretching. May need proper instruction since you have issues.

There's lots of info here. Just ask if you need to know where to go find something.

I get tingling and numbness in my face and lips from damage to my neck/spine sustained in a car accident. The numbness is neurological: whatever is happening in your neck is putting pressure on your nerves. You could have something out of line or even spinal stenosis from natural degeneration.

To know what's happening you need to see a doctor: an x-ray would be a good start and perhaps an MRI.

Good luck and keep us posted.

Is the popping and creaking kind of like "Rice Krispies" sounds or a lot louder than that?

I had the Rice Krispies sounds when I had neck & shoulder muscle spasms.
I also had upper cervical {c1-c2} that were misaligned - probably for many many yrs. - horse fall as teenager & car accident where I hit my head on the steering wheel in my 20s.

The muscle spams were due to repetitive work injury and the c spine misalignments compounded the problems.

post #1 has links about upper cervical/c1-c2/atlas & axis adjustments
http://neurotalk.psychcentral.com/thread84-2.html

Chiropractic care info

here's one of the links-
http://www.upcspine.com/self.htm

Hello and welcome. Looks like you already got some great suggestions.
Have a look around there are some wonderful and supportive people here.