Just wondering if anyone with grade 1 lower lumbar spondylolisthesis has neck spasms/discomfort?
I just got diagnosed by MRI a week ago, and not sure if I've caused the neck issues myself or not. As soon as I found out I got a back support cushion/a cuddler cushion thing and completely changed my posture and sat upright with perfect posture all night and the neck issues started that night. Then kind of continued trying to have perfect posture for the next few days but the neck spasms were getting worse, my partner said I was walking like a ventriloquist. (I got super paranoid about my posture because it's always been bad and didn't want to exacerbate things).
I stopped using the back support cushions the last two days to see if it helps with the neck spasms but there hasn't been much change yet.
I've been doing neck exercises to try and relieve it which helps a little bit, but it's particularly bad at night and I can't relax at all when it gets all stiff and it feels like there's pressure. When I go to bed and lie with my head flat on a pillow it seems to disappear and doesn't impact sleep at all. Thought of going to the GP today but I already have an appointment on Tuesday so just trying to calm myself down until then, I know there's not much they can do for me anyway.
Is this a normal symptom? Does anyone have any advice for managing it? I'm managing the actual back pain just fine with heat pads and the occasional ibuprofen, but I dk why the neck issues are freaking me out. (I have quite bad health anxiety at the moment if you can't already tell)