Herniated disk in neck? I think I have one. I did a lot of lifting, pulling, bending, over the weekend.?

Question

And yesterday out of nowhere I got a pain in my upper back to my upper neck so bad I had to lay down and almost cried. Every since then I cannot move my head all the way to the left or the right up or down. My neck feels weak and it hurts to move it. I have tried four extra strength tylonel at a time for pain, heating pad one time and then Ice later that day and nothing works. I tried rest and tried working it. I am going to see my doctor next week if not better or should I go now?

Answer 1

If it is totally messing up your day then go see your doc ASAP.  They can prescribe some Valium or similar to relax the tense muscles which may be all thats needed to give you relief.  If it continues for more than 2-3 days its probably a good idea to get x-rayed/scanned.