My back and neck pain has decreased significantly decreased in the last 3 weeks.

I am thankful to God for that.

How you got it?

Good to be releived.

Do you have chronic pain. ?

I have been rear ended 5 times in car wrecks.

I think the most damage to my neck and back occured when my 1973
Pinto was hit at about 50 mph.

No. I am in health.

Ah, the Pinto. Did the car blow up?

Never had long term problems, sounds like back problems are the worst of the worst. Everyone I've known who has had bad back problems has them forever and the very many treatments do not work.

No, my station wagon did not blow up. :-)

It broke down a lot.

I replaced starter motor 5 times.

My dad taught auto mechanics for Ford.

He showed me how to rebuild the engine when a thermostat stuck.

I learned a lot about mainnance and repair.

I never again bought a Ford. :-)

FOUND ON ROAD DEAD is an apt description for Fords.

I had a Mazda Protege that I sold that had 242,000 miles.

It was still getting 40/31 m.p.g. I thought that was pretty decent for a 4 door car.

Workaround #1 = Whack it with a hammer/tire iron to get it past the dead spot.

There used to be a bump out section on some starter motors, I brought one back for the core charge with that appendage pretty much mashed down to nothing, the parts guy laughed and said "been banging this one for a while, eh?"

Er .... uhm ... you just need to change the thermostat ....

Can and can't work on cars these days. They're more reliable, but I don't think doing over the top/oddball stuff like having to lift the engine needs to be required to get at one of the spark plugs.

Engine overheated because coolant was not circulating.

Check engine light came on AFTER damage was done. :-)

Had to replace piston rings, grind the valves and had the cylinders bored out to .0030 inch over original.

My dad taught me how to turn wrenches on a 65 MG he pulled out of someones yard.

I do have chronic pain, I've learned what makes it worse so I avoid that. I'm glad yours is getting better mine probably won't until I get my ankle replaced.

Those MGs were some small vehicles.

I once attempted to sleep in the back seat of one. :-(

First off "Congratulations!" on your improved health. Apparently, since it has improved, your car accidents resulted in simple inflammation type pain. I wish you continued improvement. If you are one who trusts in diet as medicinal, here is an interesting video regarding primarily inflammation and preparations that have some effect. YMMV. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O15aCb4y9Vk

Unfortunately for me, my chronic pain is mostly from what has been diagnosed as Fibromyalgia complicated with Myofascial Pain Syndrome , which is not inflammation but rather nerve and neurotransmitter related although often triggered by trauma such as car accidents. My experience with so-called Pain Management centers has been absolutely horrid, terribly biased and uninformed, and the only "cure", or even proper amelioration, presently is death, given the negative climate surrounding opiates in the US. There is perhaps the possibility that a nerve based prophylactic based on the venom of conical sea snails may help but since they require a pump implant for now, that seems unlikely for me.

Sorry to hear of your pain.

Have you tried massage therapy ?

I have found it helps a lot and found massage schools are cheaper than regular RMTs.