Is my neck broken?

Me and my brother were messing around and yup when two competitive brothers start messin around shit happens haha. I feel like a broken neck would hurt more i could move it im just in like severe pain when i move it some positions and ecspecially when i bend over say to pick something up.. Thats when it hurts the most by far. It hurts just as much as my wrist did when i broke it a little less then a year ago. Hopefully it's nothing serious. Im gonna see how it feels, if it dosent get better im gonna go to the ER sometime this week. I want to know what you guys think it can be? I cant bend over my neck killllls if i do i have to crouch to pick something up.

When in doubt, always check it out. I've seen a man with his back broken in three places up and walking around minutes after a wreck.

From my years of watching doogie howser I would say you're dead

Yeah dude, there's no wait-and-see with something that serious.

I say I sure hope not my friend Plz at least go to a patient care place..

Good news is your necks not broken, but you have type 3 canceraids. Should immediatly start high doses of tussin. Orally, topically, and of course, rectally. Good luck

Sounds like you've pulled a muscle, or have some internal bruising around your neck or upper back.(spine)
I would advise you keep it straight as much as possible though, but that should go without saying.

I doubt it's broken though, moving it around would cause a lot more pain, probably a fracture.

Get it looked at Emir. Your neck isn't something you want to be messing around with, even at your age (meaning you are young and therefore more flexible and resilient than, say, me). There's an awful lot of important stuff in there that we don't think much about... stuff like your vertebral artery, damage to which can lead to stroke at any age. If it's your hand I say ignore it, but your neck... play that safe.

Get it checked out. I suffered many neck injuries through wrestling and they haunt me still today because I never got them taken care of. Its probably is musculature but better to be safe than sorry. Or you could end up like my dad(15 years of Greco) with three fused vertebrae(C5,C6,C7) in his neck with no chance of grappling with out danger of becoming paralyzed. Oh and the nasty by product is random numbness and tremendous loss of neck mobility. On a lighter note it is funny to mess with him and stand just out of range of motion so he has to turn his body.

As an Eagle Scout (so I've taken some First Aid and Emergency Prep courses) I would say u need to go to the Doctor immediately and tell them exactly what u said here. Hopefully nothing is cracked or damaged.........

Get it checked dude. Neck is nothing to screw around with.

my neck is kinda messed up too since a Naga tournament i did in philly back in Feb. someone got me into a choke/crank similar to a grovit

1) The neck is a very complicated structure. There is one and only one way to diagnose the injury: a history and physical exam performed by a competent medical practitioner; preferably board certified in orthopedics, sports medicine, osteopathy, or chiropractic. Imaging of some kind (x-ray, CT, MRI) is almost certainly necessary. In addition to the cervical vertebrae you also have a complex network of nerves, muscles, fascia, blood vessels, lymph nodes, etc that are all subject to injury. You don't need to break a bone at all to have a very severe neck injury that can lead to permanent damage. There is no amount of information you can tell me in writing that is replaced by my fingers examining your neck.

2) An internet forum is not a very good place for advice about things like this for the most part. That's how you end up with advice like: "I doubt it's broken though, moving it around would cause a lot more pain, probably a fracture" from people who clearly have no idea what they are talking about -- or they would know that a fracture means the bone is broken. There are a few of us around here with many years of actual health care practice. In my case, that's just shy of 20 years stomping around in ambulances, helicopters, airplanes, and hospitals taking care of some of the sickest people on the planet. Any advice you get that runs contrary to "go see a medical professional" is garbage and you should disregard it completely.

3) Get it checked.

4) See #3. If you're still not sure, re-read #1 and #2.

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Originally Posted by Jason Hyatt

1) The neck is a very complicated structure. There is one and only one way to diagnose the injury: a history and physical exam performed by a competent medical practitioner; preferably board certified in orthopedics, sports medicine, osteopathy, or chiropractic. Imaging of some kind (x-ray, CT, MRI) is almost certainly necessary. In addition to the cervical vertebrae you also have a complex network of nerves, muscles, fascia, blood vessels, lymph nodes, etc that are all subject to injury. You don't need to break a bone at all to have a very severe neck injury that can lead to permanent damage. There is no amount of information you can tell me in writing that is replaced by my fingers examining your neck.

2) An internet forum is not a very good place for advice about things like this for the most part. That's how you end up with advice like: "I doubt it's broken though, moving it around would cause a lot more pain, probably a fracture" from people who clearly have no idea what they are talking about -- or they would know that a fracture means the bone is broken. There are a few of us around here with many years of actual health care practice. In my case, that's just shy of 20 years stomping around in ambulances, helicopters, airplanes, and hospitals taking care of some of the sickest people on the planet. Any advice you get that runs contrary to "go see a medical professional" is garbage and you should disregard it completely.

3) Get it checked.

4) See #3. If you're still not sure, re-read #1 and #2.

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Jason has the best advice here! Get it checked out bro. Thats the advice I would give anyone I run on! Walt

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Originally Posted by Jason Hyatt

1) The neck is a very complicated structure. There is one and only one way to diagnose the injury: a history and physical exam performed by a competent medical practitioner; preferably board certified in orthopedics, sports medicine, osteopathy, or chiropractic. Imaging of some kind (x-ray, CT, MRI) is almost certainly necessary. In addition to the cervical vertebrae you also have a complex network of nerves, muscles, fascia, blood vessels, lymph nodes, etc that are all subject to injury. You don't need to break a bone at all to have a very severe neck injury that can lead to permanent damage. There is no amount of information you can tell me in writing that is replaced by my fingers examining your neck.

2) An internet forum is not a very good place for advice about things like this for the most part. That's how you end up with advice like: "I doubt it's broken though, moving it around would cause a lot more pain, probably a fracture" from people who clearly have no idea what they are talking about -- or they would know that a fracture means the bone is broken. There are a few of us around here with many years of actual health care practice. In my case, that's just shy of 20 years stomping around in ambulances, helicopters, airplanes, and hospitals taking care of some of the sickest people on the planet. Any advice you get that runs contrary to "go see a medical professional" is garbage and you should disregard it completely.

3) Get it checked.

4) See #3. If you're still not sure, re-read #1 and #2.

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when i saw someone post 'its not broken could be fractured' im glad that they got educated,its usually genius information i recieve from bystanders wheni attend incidents(EMT in England) thanks for putting this straight,dont all exercise classes have some form of waiver before starting,or was this backyard 'grappling'??? WTF!!

Look, Im tryin to save you the deductible. You're gonna need a turkey baster and approximately 120 fl oz of tussin.

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Originally Posted by bobby rivers

Good news is your necks not broken, but you have type 3 canceraids. Should immediatly start high doses of tussin. Orally, topically, and of course, rectally. Good luck

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This ^ tussin should clear it up.