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QUESTION: my leftside neck ,shoulder hurts heat lot of heat,swelling in the shoulder its been like this for at least 3 weeks but today while i was eating my jaw started popping what can you please tell me

ANSWER: Hi, Annette,

Hmmm.  Swelling.  That implies tissue redness and puffiness -- which could be a number of things.

However, your jaw popping is a clue that your condition is muscular.  Muscular contractions from your neck to the shoulder area would cause the pain.

If you were my client, I would be asking about a recent injury.

Without more information, I can't say more; please check my articles on pain at somatics.com/page4b.htm

Feel free to write, again.

with regard,
Lawrence Gold

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QUESTION: Lawrence Gold.. i would like to know if i should worry or not i am looking for a new doctor cus i haven't gotten any where with the one im seeing i need to know i cant sleep on my left side the pain goes down my whole arm theres time i get the frozen arm it hurts so much i dont move it cus it feels better like that tell mw what you can thank you

Answer
Annette,

Your follow-up question leads me to suspect that you have a nerve plexus in your neck trapped under tight muscles.

The answer is to learn to relax those muscles.  Usually, special training in muscular control is involved.

May I suggest you locate one of my colleagues at hannasomatics.com/practitioners for an evaluation.

with regard,
Lawrence Gold