Gas pains in base of neck?

[RedStorm 139]

I am 3 days post of and I have gas pains in my left shoulder but also at the base of my neck on the left side. It is pretty sharp pain. Anyone else experience this and when will it go away?

[JustWatchMe 7,117]

Yep, the dreaded neck gas pain. Right by my collarbone. What helped me was someone gently but rapidly karate chopping the area a few times a day. Sounds weird but it worked. It took a full week for those pains to be totally gone. Good luck.

[747heavy 10]

I am 3 days post of and I have gas pains in my left shoulder but also at the base of my neck on the left side. It is pretty sharp pain. Anyone else experience this and when will it go away?

This is caused by the air that is pumped into you during surgery it is co2 and will be absorbed by your blood in about 3 to 4 days to speed up suggest marching in place while swinging your arms in great circles over your head, got rid of mine within 1 day!

[2muchfun 8,927]

Some say a heating pad helps too?

[bluegudren 156]

Karate chops ! Short and fast. Gets the gas out fast.

[LeeB1946 261]

I walked a little each day. Incresing the distance each time. Never thought to karate chop it though. It goes away.

[jaredboyd 0]

Chiropractor helped me in just a few days after surgery. Really did help the neck and shoulder pain. Helped with my gas pressure too.

[exclusivestylistnyc 4]

This is caused by the air that is pumped into you during surgery it is co2 and will be absorbed by your blood in about 3 to 4 days to speed up suggest marching in place while swinging your arms in great circles over your head, got rid of mine within 1 day!

GAS X helps a ton.. They make dissolving sheets you place on your tongue!

[ddsweighin228 28]

I had the same pain the same day of my surgery and I would just extend my arms out and rotate them a lot until it finally went away

[Bandista 7,466]

I did the walking with windmilling arms as much as possible, round and round our driving circle. Congratulations on your surgery -- I hope you feel better soon. Oh, heating pad helped me, too, and the "happy baby" yoga pose which is basically on the back with arms and knees up. Some people talk about log rolls -- for one just to get up without that incisional pain but also back and forth to move things around. The co2 releasing into the blood mentioned above makes so much sense and accounts for why the walking speeds. That process. I wish I had known about the karate chops, too!