Help - Neck issues and at a loss
Hey all, wanna preface this by saying in 2024 I had a gym injury that I didn’t see anyone for like an idiot in between my left shoulder blade and spine. I saw a physiotherapist 3 weeks into that which helped a bit but I was getting better by then. I think a lot of what follows has to do with that injury.
Last year I had some neck stiffness but had a click show up in my neck every time I look to the left. Initially didn’t do anything but slowly started getting grittier and crunchier so I saw a doctor and after some X-rays, turned out to be osteoarthritis in my C Spine. I’m 30 so I was surprised I had something like this so early but it can happen. I went to physio and it helped a tad, then it kept getting crunchier and the discomfort (not pain) would increase some days and not be so bad on others. Got suggested a better physiotherapist and they helped quite a bit but the crunch in my neck never goes away, it’s every single time I look to the left. The problem now is that my physiotherapist can’t figure the crunch out so I feel they’ve given up on that venture and my appointments have been very fast lately. I keep up with the stretches but recently I get that feeling where you’re close to pinching a nerve but haven’t yet near my scapula and neck like once a week. I saw an Osteotherapist who said it looks like my spine is all over the place but I mentioned that a lot of my pain originates from that initial gym injury spot and refers to my neck. I didn’t walk away from that confident to be honest. He did say that the injury healing wrong could be the culprit of a lot of my issues and making a ton of things compensate.
I feel so fragile like one good shove from someone and I’d be a cripple.
What avenues do I have? Is there a physiotherapist that does X-rays and can do it all? Should I see a chiropractor? I just don’t know what to do. I have a kid on the way and my quality of life has dropped so much in 7 months that I’m really worried for my future.