Soundy,
Try a combination of therapies. 1. See if you can tolerate lying on tennis balls placed together in a sock. Put this under your head/neck location and conciously relax the head, face, neck, mouth and tongue muscles. All the while you are doing this breathe slowly. If you feel any sort of tenderness or pain while doing this, stop as sometimes you can create greater pain by just pressing on the tissue. 2. If you have tiger balm or oil of eucalyptus, lavender rub this on neck, head and incision site, temples too. 3. Accupressure points on the large toe, more specifically the inside edge. Press around the big toe area until you feel "the spot" and then hold this (it will be painful, but safe to do) until the pain subsides. All the while doing this relax the head muscles, face, mouth and tongue. Close your eyes and breathe very slowly. 4. Put your neck through some stretches. Chin to chest then reverse, chin to ceiling; chin to nipple then reverse; ear to shoulder (try to keep opposite should down) then reverse; look left, then right. Next sit on the floor with legs extended. Place a large pillow on top of thighs. Forward bend into the pillow resting your forehead on the pillow (might need two pillows if your hamstrings aren't supple). Breathe slowly and hold this position for 1-5 minutes.
Hope this helps. There isn't any one "thing" when it comes to alternative, but sometimes a combination of a few really helps.
