What We Treat
Telehealth
About Us
- Features & Pricing
- For Organizations
A member asked:
When i move my head or neck a certain way, i feel pain and some pressure by my top spinal area. what could i be experiencing?
3 doctors weighed in across 3 answers
Need to be evaluated: If there is any of neck injury, whiplash etc. May need to see md for more info.
Answered 9/28/2016
6.1k views
Occipital neuralgia: Pain at the base of the skull can be due to irritation of the occipital nerve as it comes through the muscles of the back of the neck. Onset when strained due to whiplash, neck arthritis or sleeping on it wrong ("kinked"). Diagnosis is made by careful neurological examination.
Answered 3/26/2013
6.1k views
Muslce spasm: Need more information, but the most likely source of this type of pain is muscle. Cervical disc problems are possible but they usually present with symptoms such as tingling , numbness in a nerve distribution( pinched nerve?).
Answered 4/20/2013
6.1k views
Related Questions
A member asked:
I have little pain at the back of my neck. Now feels a little pressure at the top of head. Are these two related? And cause?
A doctor has provided 1 answer
A member asked:
When I move my head to the side my neck and head hurts bad, it's like a pressure and niggling pain in my head
A doctor has provided 1 answer
A member asked:
What do you see in xrays and what is making my neck and head hurt so bad and why all the hard swollen knots that don't move? I feel pressure
A doctor has provided 1 answer
A member asked:
I hit the top of my head on the freezer handle. The top of my head, right side and front is swollen and I feel pressure. The back of my neck is also ?
8 doctors weighed in across 2 answers
A member asked:
I have pressure in my neck and heaviness that generates up the back of my head and down my spine. I have to hard knots that don't move on both clavicl?
A doctor has provided 1 answer
People also searched for:
Numbness and pressure in head, sometimes this can happen when I move my neck or wave my neck in a certain position. It also happens when I sit still
Tinier than a pimple WAYYYY deep under the skin behind my neck (under head at top of spinal cord. It's pea size, feels like a bone! Doesn't move ?
Stiff neck, aches in back of the head, and a subtle pressure/squeezing sensation in all areas of my head that moves around throughout the day. It's never painful, but it bothers me. Occasionally static or tiny black dots in vision. It's been 2 months?
After stretching heard a popping in my neck area. Pain in base of skull/top of neck, sharp stabbing pain in one spot of left side top of head, and pain on left side nose. Went away after adjusting position, putting pressure on back of neck. Migraine?
I've been getting dizzier (1 week) and my head feels all cloudy/full of pressure. I've gotten some headaches down the middle of my head and also some little headaches at the top of my head/base of my neck. Then yesterday I had two fainting spells. ??
Didn't find what you're looking for?
90,000 U.S. doctors in 147 specialties are here to answer your questions or offer you advice, prescriptions, and more.
Ask your questionMore of what we treat
Get the HealthTap app
Video visit and message your doctor
