Pain … slopped through his head like water into a sand-castle —Kingsley Amis See Also:TURNING AND TWISTING Pains that shrieked like alarm bells —Jane Rogers Pain tightens like a strip of hot metal across Martin’s chest —Robert Silverberg ...
You use your neck more than you think. Every time you drive, look over your shoulder, or talk to a group of people, your neck goes to work, turning or bending your head anywhere you need to face. While you normally don’t notice your neck in action, when it is in pain, your neck...
discs, muscles, ligaments, nerves, and tendons. Both strong and delicate, the cervical spine is an incredible structure that carries the weight of your head (10-11 pounds), protects the spinal cord, supplies blood to the brain, and allows a wide range of motion, supporting yourhead ...
A pain in the neck is a common complaint. The neck muscles hurt. Turning the head from left to right is difficult. Even the smallest movement becomes painful. No matter how it got that way, a sore neck hurts. “Pain in the neck” is also common expression in American English. We use...
a majority of the cases needing Guaiacum, stiffness from the nape of neck extends towards the shoulders and scapulae. In some cases, the stiffness may extend down to the lower back. Stiffness worsens from cold. Neck pain is present on both the left and right side and extends to the head....
yoke muscle'sMuscles of the two eyes which simultaneously contract to turn the eyes in a given direction.Example: the medial rectus of the right eye and the lateral rectus of the left eye when turning the eyes to the left.SeeHering's law of equal innervation;motility test;version. ...
A knot of pain was set like a malignant jewel in the core of his head —Truman Capote (Your letter was) like a bullet straight into my heart —Sholom Aleichem My back ached as if someone were holding a welding torch against my spine, turning the flame on and off at will —W. P. ...