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Why does getting a massage cause me to get vertigo?

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Dr. Gary Lederman answered

Specializes in Dentistry

Trigger points: The body has many trigger points. There are areas that when stimulated can have an effect on distant structures. Pain can be experienced in one area of the body and have, not a local cause, but it's origin in a distant site.

Answered 4/28/2015

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