Neck problems causing headaches are often not migraine at all but
'occipital neuralgia' - in my case a recurrent (arthritic) neck spasm
presses on the occipital nerve just below the process and causes a
blinder on the right side. Can last up to three days. Caused by
strain, exhaustion, whiplash and so on, not environmental factors.
I suspect that it's more common than real migraine.
Andrew Fildes
afildes@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
On 07/01/2008, at 11:08 AM, Marc Lawrence wrote:
> I have been getting migraine headaches my entire life (not too bad, as
> some do), likely a hereditary thing since my mother has too. It
> took me
> a bit to connect the neck strap with the migraine, as I simply
> associated it with walking around the city taking photos (pollution,
> glare, noise, tiredness, and so on). Then one day I connected the neck
> thing with the fact that lying on my back in bed with a pillow
> under my
> neck can give the twinge-y warnings of a trigger, and took my camera
> from around my neck and just carried it in my hand. That particular
> cause disappeared.
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