Is the pain caused by the SCM or trapezius?m I get a sharp pain along the base of the skull where muscles attach. I don't have any rhomboids or SCM but do have limited traps now. The smaller muscles that now have to support the head burn with fatigue from time to time. Stretching helps. I stretch about 30 minutes every day.

The Taiwanese acupuncturist I used to see usually gave results with 1-2 treatments. He used a really big needle and then sucked the old blood out. He called it a special treatment. It was an instant release. You could hear people in other rooms let out a yelp from time to time.

SCC Stage IV, BOT, T2N2bM0
Cisplatin/5FU x 3, 40 days radiation
Diagnosis 07/21/03 tx completed 10/08/03
Post Radiation Lower Motor Neuron Syndrome 3/08.
Cervical Spinal Stenosis 01/11
Cervical Myelitis 09/12
Thoracic Paraplegia 10/12
Dysautonomia 11/12
Hospice care 09/12-01/13.
COPD 01/14
Intermittent CHF 6/15
Feeding tube NPO 03/16
VFI 12/2016
ORN 12/2017
Cardiac Event 06/2018
Bilateral VFI 01/2021
Thoracotomy Bilobectomy 01/2022
Bilateral VFI 05/2022
Total Laryngectomy 01/2023