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(JD) · Jan 19, 2011, 06:59 PM

To all.

Let me first say that a high pain tolerance changes over time, especially if you suffer with chronic pain. I know the myth (and believed it myself for a while) that the more pain you endure, the more you can endure. That's opposite. IDK if it's more understandable to think something along this line, that your body has a limit as to how much pain killing chemicals it can produce, and then you need supplement, but that's kind of how it goes.

I used to have a high pain tolerance, but after 24 years of chronic pain (due to my disabling industrial accident) I can barely suffer with very much at all. Well, I can tolerate more than I would normally now because of the neuropathy (numbness in much of my extremities

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Now, as for your neck etc, since you know you haven't injured it, I might suggest that it's posture related...and that might also be stress related. You might not be holding your head correctly enough when you walk or jog or exercise etc. A good physical therapist can put you on a tread mill for a few minutes and determine this, and maybe fix the issue completely! I would hope so for you, anyway.

Try ice and rest--or heat and rest with adequate support. Oh, you might also consider buying new bed pillows to give you better support, they may be worn out and now causing the neck issues?