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Can having a very stiff neck for a long time cause any brain damage?
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Neck stiffness&brain: Neck stiffness has nothing to do with the brain directkly. Owever if you have compromised blood flow to the brain that is somehow also nongoing wiht your enck stiffness that is possible however it si not fron the neck stiffness.
Answered 6/12/2014
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