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How to relieve stiff neck after spinal tap?
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Suggestions: if merely stiff neck, could use local heat and Aleve, (naproxen) but if you note increased neck pain and headache upright, with relief on laying down, this c/w fluid leak which may improve with blood patch
Answered 9/6/2019
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