hi Keephurting, we are going to change your username one day to painisgone!

Keep going with things. I am fairly confident it is your neck or thoracic spine.

Don't be fooled by looking for prolapses in a cervical disc - a common assumption is that the disc in the neck is like a lumbar disc...in fact, anatomical studies have shown that it ISN'T and that it has a split in the disc from about your 20's and that is likely due ot how your uncovertebral joints work...the disc is mainly fibrocartilage, not fluid like a lumbar disc...very different in morphology.

If you email these people with a request for people in the UK near you who have done their courses, i think you will find someone who can help you. I do not have any vested interests with this group other than i take their courses and i love their work! [email protected] is the email.They can direct you to someone who can help you find someone as geographically convenient as possible to you. Because you are a head/neck/thorax patient, the physio will need to have completed "The DP Series" or "The Thorax" courses.

Your treatment, i am guessing, should be functionally based around your movements and postures and retraining you on how to control your ribs/thoracic spine/neck/head to coordinate all that - and your shoulders and arms too by the sounds of it...so please note down exactly what actions and when and how consistently you get the symptoms to help the physio help you the most.

Please keep us up to date with the progress of your tests and treatment

Cheers!