Pain/Stiffness on Left Side From Base of Neck to Below Shoulder Blades

[scherer_ga]

A few days ago, I began to experience pain/stiffness on my left side only, starting from the back of neck at the base to below the shoulder blades. When I am active, it's not too bad, but after I have been sitting down for awhile that is when the condition begins to flare up. Sometimes it feels like the muscles are being "pulled" by an invisible force down past the shoulder blades. When I lay down to go to sleep, there is no pain at first. As time slowly wears on, the pain comes back more and more to the point where I can barely get to sleep. It might be a pinched nerve or something, I am not sure.

As I am typing this now, there is a constant "pulling" feeling from the back of my neck down past my shoulders.

Please help. Thank you.

 

[Willy Peter]

Were you doing anything physical a few days ago that may have injured the area? Since it initially occurred, has it gotten better or worse?