im in the same shoes u are but not from war but i fell about 6 ft right on my head with nothin stoping my fall now i have headaches pretty much every day and when i wake up in the morning thats the worse iv'e been going to treatment for about 5 mo now and nothin seems to be working my mri's of my head and neck show i have 3, c5, c6, c7,that are bulging and shows protrusion all i know is i hurt like hell pretty much every day and i have noticed if i say go out and work in the yard or lift over my head to much i can feel the headache coming on and if i don't stop i will have a bad one for around 3 or 4 days i feel cracking and poping in my back when i turn so i know how u feel and i feel every bit of it as i don't take anything for it i just suffer. but thats just me