Mara

I don't have an ulcer but do have bouts of wry neck, muscle twitching and painful spasms elsewhere in the body.

I supplement with calcium and magnesium (nerve function etc), valerian (relaxation, a natural root). When the muscles are tight and cramped I use a moist heating pad, during the day, a soft cervical collar when the neck is really bad. I stay in the shower longer, w/a warmer temp set to pulse on and around the area that's tight for a good while. I use a neck roll at night instead of a pillow and sometimes use no pillow at all and that seems to bring some relief from the tightness and neck discomfort. Hydrotherapy, gentle massage followed by moist heat with cal/mag at night (also). You might benefit from the use of pain patches. They deliver that medicine directly rather then via GI tract. I've used them too with anti-inflammatory's. You need to work the therapy's through the muscle and continue. As you regain flexibility, perhaps very gentle range of motion exercises may help better flexibility. That has helped me. If you do that you must not over-stretch, that can create more problems then it's worth. Gentle flex, maintain, slow release.