When I was pregnant 2.5 years ago i used to stretch my neck left and right and it would sometimes crack. I felt like I had pressure in my neck.
After my baby was born I noticed the chunky bone at the top of my spine felt like it was being squeezed. It always felt tight. This would often radiate up to the back of my head. I was taking lots of ibruorofen and it was always worse after pushing my pram.
I bought a lighter pushchair and after 18 months of this discomfort I was shown by a friend some excercises for achy stiff neck muscles. I started doing them for a few weeks. Then one day as I did a diagnal stretch it felt like something unstuck ,(it popped a few times and felt like something separated that was stuck. It was such a relief. It was 80% better and since then the discomfort around the chunky bone has gone.
I carried on stretching three times a day. One morning as I did a stretch my neck cracked three times and I cricked it. It was stuck for 3 days and I couldn't move. It was horrible. Since then I've gradually got full movement back (it's been two months) but there's a bruised spot in my neck where I cricked it. My neck since then has felt stiff and sore in different places and some days are worse than others.
I'm not really in a financial position to see a chiropractor etc. I have a son that nobody would ever be able to watch if I had pysio.
I'm not sure what is damaged. It's probably party posture. But it seems to flare up in different places. I just want to have my comfortable neck back. 😓