 [ Symptoms ] i am having severe stabbing pain at the base of my neck on the left side also with pain in my shoulder due to the severity of the pain scale of 1 10 i would call it an 8 or 9 i am seriously thinking of going to the er this started last night so i slept on my back took an ibuprofen 800 and took a super hot shower with my wifes super massage head to no avail the pain has only gotten worse please help [ Disease ] hi i have this too and my doctor said it was due to a thinning disk in your neck vertebre and it was pinching a nerve she said nothing can be done cause it was from me having ra and just old age im 54 i hope you get help with this i know its painful and i cant even sleep sometimes the pain meds dont work tamara