Question:
I think I hit my head twice in the fall and did see some serious stars, and the next day (Sunday) and today my neck is pretty sore. I did not get knocked out and was only slightly confused after the crash. I felt fine after about 15 minutes and rode around pretty slow and did a few jumps to air out some cob webs.

The pain in my neck is in the large tendons that are most visible when you turn your head far to either side. They hurt most when I turn my head and push on them. I also hit my shoulder (broke the collarbone in June, but it came through OK as far as I can tell... only new pains were in muscles and they've pretty much subsided) and scratched up my arm, but these are really nothing.

I've been in accidents (bike and car) before where I've bumped my head pretty hard, but I don't recall having neck pains similar to these. Has anyone else found such neck pains to result from a minor head injury? How long is an injury like this going to be susceptible to re-aggravating itself? How long would you let such pains persist before you saw a doctor?

Answer: I had this same type of pain when I went over backwards on a snowboard and whalloped my head on the ice. The pain is probably from tensing up and then having your head yanked back by force of gravity and your neck rmuscles trying desperately not to let your head hit the ground. I'm pretty sure that part of your injury will get better on it's own. I am going to suggest the same possibility. I've had this neck-tendon pain both from going off the back of a bike and from going over the handlebars, and straining to keep my head from hitting the ground. Tension and strain and the whipping effect. With the whole seeing stars thing, you more than likely have a concussion. And the neck thing, it could be whiplash or something like that. I'm not a doctor or anything (I'm only 18). But I've seen plenty of concussions and neck pain. Is is severe neck pain? Or like the kind where you sleep really wrong and have a stiff neck? My advice: take some tylenol:) If the pain persists for more than a week, consult a doctor. As for your voice, it's probably a cold.