My question is, "Could muscle spasms in the back of my neck trigger the muscle spasms in the front of my neck (Cricopharyngeal spasm)?
I have been having neck pains which include muscle tightness since December 2011from a physical training accident. I saw my personal physician in March 2012, and after a complete physical including blood tests and x-rays, I was reffered for physical therapy. The physical therapy helped a little however I still suffered with neck pains and muscle tightness. Then in June 2012, the front muscles in my neck started to get tight. This would happen towards the end of the day. The tightness would work its way from the back to the front of my neck. This is when I started to get the symptoms of a "lump in my throat", along with constant throat clearing. I was reffered to an ENT. The ENT doctor conducted a scope of my throat and said that all was fine, no growths or lumps. A MRI was done, which found no abornormalities. I was prescribed a muscle relaxant which seems to help. The "lump in throat" symptoms have contniued since then and are usually worst in the evenings. I went back to the ENT in the ending pf July 2012, and he scoped me again with same results no growths or lumps but he did observe possible liquid pooling near the esophagus. He ordered a barrium swallow and prescribed me Omeprazole. The results for the barrium swallow showed no abnormalities also.
Thank You.