Originally Posted by suesheboy

Not at all.

I had a bad neck before the accident (phone and computer work with out a headset and doing things the "right way" etc) and I was usually in some sort of mild to medium pain, so much so, you think pain is normal.

Once the pain is gone, you do notice it more when it comes back even though the pain is less than you have it previously as you now know what it feels like to be pain free (or have minimal pain).