Can a kidney stone cause neck pain?
Stone Fighter #C16081May 16, 2026👁️ 1.9k❤️ 122- Strategy
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So after waking up in brutal pain the last two mornings, i got sent to the ER and one CT scan later they found a 3mm stone on the right side, yay.
So I've been thinking back over various symptoms I've had over the last couple years, and one of them was an occasional recurrent neck pain that would turn into a headache. It would start in a muscle on either side of my neck and eventually spread into a headache, and massages wouldn't really help at all.
I had put that down to just bad posture (which I have) or too much computer usage (which I do) but after reading about how kidney pain can radiate, I'm wondering if it was maybe connected to that.
Just curious if anyone else has ever felt something like that!
Comments (3)
Stone Fighter #09BEDBApr 30, 2026Not neck pain for me, but I've had referred pain in my shoulder due to kidney stones. Underneath the scapula.
Stone Fighter #28C522Apr 30, 2026ah i have had pain there before but it's been a long time and usually correlated with moving too many heavy objects in a short period of time. It definitely sucks having a pain there that feels like it wants to be massaged but you can't reach it because it's shielded by a bone, lol
Stone Fighter #55983EApr 30, 2026Anatomically 💯not the reason for your symptom.
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