Hi Paul,

Most everyone on this group will agree that you should see a
chiropractor and although a few will chirp at this response it's only
because they are trying to keep up appearances...

Good Luck!

Chi

Ask your GP to refer you to a neurologist or orthopedist, if possible
one specializing in the cervical spine.  You might ask him whether he
thinks physiotherapy could be of help.  Sometimes problems like yours
resolve on their own, but yours isn't, and there may be a better
solution than muscle relaxants.  Possibly a brace worn while you're
sleeping, or exercises to stretch or strengthen the relevant muscles or
changes in posture or injections into the affected muscles could help,
or surgery might be necessary.

Never let a chiropractor touch your neck.  Something like 50% of
strokes in people under 45 occur within a week of chiropractic
manipulation of the neck.  Some people have somewhat short vertebral or
basilar arteries, and chiropractic manipulation can stretch and damage
them, causing clots and severe (brainstem) strokes in people with no
other risk factors.

(Now all the chiros are going to get up and claim they've never had
this happen in all their careers.  Well, since it doesn't usually happen
right there on the table, and it's often fatal, they may not know it.
Also, while it's not all that common, I wouldn't take a 1 in a few
thousand chance of death or quadriplegia if I didn't have to.  Would
you?)

I'm not a doctor, which is why I'm suggesting you see someone who knows
more about your problem than the average usenet poster.  Since your GP
isn't managing it effectively, he should refer you to someone who can.