A member asked:

What would cause neck pain/stiffness with pain thats slowly spread over top of back throughout the day, worse when moving arms, coughing, walking etc?

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Dr. Edward Workman answered

Specializes in Pain Management

Mus sprain or spine: Muscle sprain of the cervical paraspinal muscles (strap muscles) can cause your symptoms. Also a bulging disc in the cervical spine can cause this, as can cervical facet joint arthritis. If it last more than 2-3 weeks, neck imaging should be ordered by your PCP

Answered 5/15/2017

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