Muscle pain in left side of neck

[Winston0000]

My sister quit smoking about 3 years ago and now for the past 2 months she has a muscle pain in left side of her neck, the doctor sent her to a physical therapist and stiff muscle is still there but the pain is a bit less. The pain increases if the neck is turned but manageable. Just wondering if anyone experienced this after quitting smoking.

Thank you in advance, cheers

[jillygirl Administrator Queen Bee]

Hi Winston, sorry I am unable to help, however I have not heard of this before. I think it is probably coincidental. Hope your sister soon gets better. :)xx

[Winston0000 19 Months Winner in reply to jillygirl]

Thank you

[Briarwood Administrator Ducky]

Hi Winston, lovely to see you and your 15 month winners badge👏🏼👏🏼

I actually suffer pain in my neck (or is it I give people a pain in the neck🤣) no seriously I do but it's not smoking related but overuse due to long distance swimming. You can buy a heat wrap for your neck and I find this helps, so maybe your sister could try that. Also the physio give me a special neck pillow to sleep on but you can buy these in many shops now. Hope some of this is benefit to her. Take care👍🏼😊x

[Winston0000 19 Months Winner in reply to Briarwood]

Hi Briarwood, she has a MRI test scheduled for next week to be sure. Thanks

[Frostie2560 LONG TERM WINNER]

Hello😊

If it's only just appeared and it's been 3 years she's been Quit I'm thinking its muscular, I'm just going by what the Doctor has done. A physio would help get the neck flexible again. Hope she's feeling better soon!.xx💐💐

[Winston0000 19 Months Winner]

Hi Frostie. Thank you

[Labe newly quit]

I quit smoking from past 3 days and now left side of neck pains from inside for no reason.

[monky Administrator Cake sniffer outer in reply to Labe]

Hi Labe a big warm welcome to our quit support community and its great to hear you've quit smoking If you could give us the date you quit, then we can award you with a Winners badge after your name and keep it upto date for you

Please have a good look at the Pinned Posts, cos there's lots of help on there if you cant find what your looking for, then just give us a shout and somebody will help you or just come and have a chat with us We have a saying on here Labe, - NOPE - Not One Puff Ever hope to see you soon.

[Amandapanda09 LONG TERM WINNER]

My neck was really stiff and sore for a while after I quit but now it is fine. Sometimes it’s hard to tell if things are related to a quit or just show up after quitting. I also had bad lower back pain when I quit for about a month, I was wearing salonpas patches and rubbing icy hot on my back. I’m only 30! I was like what is happening, it went away, was from the quitting. She did the right thing by having it checked out.