when I was first diagnosed with PD I had terrible neck pains. It felt like I had "slept on it wrong". As crazy as it might sound I found relief from acupuncture (something I had never done before) and over the course of a few treatments it went away.....maybe I was just lucky but there it is for what it's worth...dan ----- Original Message ----- From: "John Levin" <[log in to unmask]> To: <[log in to unmask]> Sent: Monday, February 23, 2004 1:11 AM Subject: Sore neck > Dear List, > > My wife has had a very painful neck on and off(mostly on) for approx. 3 months. > Her rheumatologist now says that the problem is that the muscles in her neck are > moving so much that the joints C2and C3 are not able to get rid of inflamation because > they are not able to be rested. He suggests using Botox in some of these muscles. > > Has anyone had this problem and have you used botox injections. > > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > To sign-off Parkinsn send a message to: mailto:[log in to unmask] > In the body of the message put: signoff parkinsn > John Levin([log in to unmask]) > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- To sign-off Parkinsn send a message to: mailto:[log in to unmask] In the body of the message put: signoff parkinsn