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Every morning for the past few weeks i have been waking up with a pulling tension pain in in lower head oneside it's stiff causing headache why?
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I don't know but: I don't know but one common scenario is that clenching and grinding precipitate HA pain causing the patient to awaken. Check out the TM joint for a toxin or pathogen as the precipitating factor.
Answered 9/11/2014
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