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Can you describe how the headache started? Did you injure your neck anytime before this started?
The neck muscles have some nerves which if stretched can give rise to the symptoms that you are having. These are called occipital headaches. They may be on either side. The headaches start with the back of the head then travel to the upper part and may also go up to the eyes.
I was washing dishes, with my head in a downward position, that when I first felt this terrible pain, which only lasted a few seconds, but a few minutes later it returned again, that was on Jan. 31. Since that time it has been re-occurring more frequently. When I wake up in the mornings it feels like a great deal of pressure on the back right side of my head and occassionally I have a tingling sensation as well. I have not had a neck injury of any kind. The ER docs have given me pain medication as well as a muscle relaxer because the muscle at the base of my head felt enlarged during his exam but the meds seem to make me sleepy and maybe help me to relax some because I am so afraid of the pain that I find myself tensed even when its not there because I'm scared of it. I just really want to find the source of the problem and address it as opposed to taking pain meds and muscle relaxer, which in my opinion just mask the real problem but I'm no expert, just trying to get better.
When i lay on the bed on my stomach and i bend my head backwards i feel this shooting pain go up only to the right side of my head,its also pain full when i put pressure on my right footwhen i stand up,i have been in the berth (sleeping area of a tractor trailer)training for i week now,the pain started 3 days after starting training'''''''''''''please can u tell me what it can be causing this'''
I have a very similar thing as you described- the occipital headaches. I don't have any known neck injury, but I have had some chronic neck soreness for the last few months. the headaches were really bad for a while but then got a little better. Is this something that could be fixed by a chiropractor?
Can you describe how the headache started? Did you injure your neck anytime before this started?
The neck muscles have some nerves which if stretched can give rise to the symptoms that you are having. These are called occipital headaches. They may be on either side. The headaches start with the back of the head then travel to the upper part and may also go up to the eyes.
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