For about a month Beth has been yelping occasionally when raising her head after she's been lying down. Yesterday she yelped once in the car when I braked a little harder and once when she had to come to a somewhat abrupt stop while running off leash, so I made a vet appointment for this morning (I was planning to bring it up in a week or so when she's due for her rabies shot).
The vet manipulated her head and felt deeply in her neck muscles and said her neck is slightly sore, though it doesn't seem too bad. He gave her a shot of Metacam and put her on a moderate dose of Deramaxx for a week, after which he wants to recheck her. He also showed me how to give her a deep-muscle massage in the affected area -- boy you could tell she really liked it when he was doing it!
And then -- since I know he does acupuncture and I've read it so recommended here for neck/spinal problems -- I asked him if he thought it would be good for her, and we did a session. She was very good, just yelped once when she turned her head and presumably got a little poke from one of the needles. Now she's totally zonked out, which he also said would be likely to happen afterwards (though as I said to him, it's hard to tell with greyhounds).
He told me no running for a week, but it's OK to walk her on leash so long as I use a harness (fortunately I have one).
Any comments? I'm so happy that even out here in a small city in Iowa I have a vet who does the holistic stuff as well as regular, and it always warms my heart how he and the techs absolutely dote on Beth and tell me what a wonderful dog she is.