Daughter's stiff neck!

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My 11 year old daughter woke up with a stiff neck. Said she slept on it funny! There is a large lump on the back of her neck and I wondered it that was normal. She has no fever, or any other symptoms! Thank you
 
is that 'lump' directly over her spinal area or somewhere else close too it? is she very active in like sports or doing anything overly strenuous that could have possibly caused some type of neck injury? just given the symptoms she is having, at the very least, i would try and get her into see your primary doc tomorrow if at all possible. having them do at least a basic x ray may show just what that lump actually consists of. it could be whats called a trigger point which is simply wadded up fascia/muscle from inflammation, or it could be having more to do with a particular disc issue, or something else entirely. that is why at least SOME level of look inside right now is simply needed. its that baseline that starts the process of real dx of any condition/problem we have.

is she having ANY other odd symptoms at all right now like a sensitivity to light or headache and anything at all that would be considered 'not normal' for her? she just does need this checked out. if all she had was that stiff neck from sleeping "wrong' that would be one thing. you could see if it just got better in a day or two, but with that lump being there over her spinal area, it just needs further evaluation by her doc, you know what i mean?

you could try some type of NSAID like aleeve(my personal favorite) which just lasts much longer than regular motrin or advil just to see if it has ANY affect on her ability to actually move her neck at all. if it does help,this is probably at least based upon some level of inflammation, which her doc also would need to know too. you just need to follow up on this with her doc to see what is the real underlying cause of this. hopefully it is just a temporary type of inflammation from something she did. please keep me posted on just what you find out. FB
 
Thank you for your reply! I was a little taken back when my daughter had such a large lump. She swore that she just slept on it wrong. No other symptoms at all, not even a headache. But it's better now. The lump was off to the left of her spine area. I gave her Ibuprophen and and ice pack Saturday. During the day the swelling started to go down. She woke up Sunday with a little more movement. Gave her one more dose of Ibuprophen and that seemed to be all she needed. Throughout the day it loosened up and she was able to have full range of motion. Found out last night that she was sleeping with her regular pillow, plus her body pillow! Hmmm! I think that's enough to give anyone a pain in the neck! :) Thank you so much for your reply! It relieved me to eliminate a possible problem! Thanks! :)
 
no problem and i am glad it finally loosened up for her. this could be a potential "problem spot" for her in the future(this simply does sound like it was a trigger point?), so i would just keep an eye on it, ya know? if this happens again for some crazy reason, it should be at the very least evaled by her primary doc, since at that point it would be a recurrent issue. hopefully it wont,but just stay aware,K? FB
 
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