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Neither would I and I'm not saying I know what it is.
I said what's likely, pointed to physiotherapy channels along with "But if it persists or gets worse then I would consider a physiotherapist, osteopath or otherwise".
His question was 'has anyone has the same experience and how did they fix it.'
I didn't fix similar issues by doing nothing. But sure, a break is possibly good advice. It's also the safest 'nothing' advice that can be given by anyone.
If you think any of my words to the OP are unwise or irresponsible then by all means please tell him so. I will still stand by those words but there is no value in arguing with anyone who is misreading what I've written.
This is the thing you said that seemed a bit off to me:
100% of the time, someone describing the above, the starting point is the muscles in the area, stretching and exercising these
Without doing an assessment of the person, I am not so sure 100% is anywhere near 100%. And without doing an assessment of the person, I am definitely not sure what will help it. And understanding that saying "stretching and exercising" does not specify what particular stretches or what particular exercises and Some STRETCHES that would be good for one neck issue could be bad for another and Some EXERCISES that could be good for one neck issue could also cause damage to another.
And you said the 100% comment in direct response to me as though you thought you knew what you were talking about but what you said is vague beyond vague to the point that it could actually mean almost anything. I can think of dozens of stretches or exercises for the neck that it could mean. And someone trying to use your comment as advice, could try things that would cause them injury if they thought you meant a particular stretch or exercise that would specifically be bad for the issue that person had.
So....since you were responding directly to me as though you knew what you were talking about and were "RIGHT" without having actually said Anything, I decided it was something that should actually be addressed since I do work with people on things like what the OP has going on on a daily basis and it is always actually a process of problem solving to figure out what would really help the person's issues to improve and get better. Which also means that something could work for a few weeks and then they need something different after it gets a certain amount better.
I guess, one more aside, if the issue is actually the result of nerve impingement, then, depending on what is causing the impingement of the nerve, that might actually 100% NOT be muscles. To make what I am saying clearer, if nerve impingement was being caused by stenosis in the vertebra and a spinal foramen that was narrowing, that would 100% not be caused by the muscles, that would not be the muscles that were the starting point, and it is hard to say what would help without some testing.
