I have been having neck pain for about 4 months.  It starts at the base of my skull and has another trigger point at the top of my left shoulder.  I have lots of cracking and popping.  I went to a Chiropractor who just adjusted my back and neck with little change in the pain.  It started after a highly stressful year when I spent lots of time on the phone with my head tilted to the left to hold the receiver (bad I know).  I can tell it is definitely muscle related so I began seeing a massage therapist.  The first visit I could tell made a difference, but then subsequent visits I felt no progress.  I found a new chiropractor who traced it to the small muscles in my neck, (I believe the levator scapulae).  He works the muscle hard and it feels good for about 45minutes and then the pain returns.  The pain flips from the base of the skull to the top of the shoulder.  When he fixes one trigger point, it shows up at the other one. I was having trouble with neck rotation to the left.  That seems to be improving.  It's the tilts to the left and lifting my arms behind my head (for using a flat iron) that I'm still having trouble with.  I really like my new chiropractor, but he's an hour away and now that we've traced it to muscles, should I be seeing someone else (a chiropractor,  massage therapist, a physical therapist, or all of the above?) What exercises can I be doing at home between visits to speed recovery?