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Acute pain from the collar bone up the neck through the back of the neck to the head and causing headaches?

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Location important: Your sketch does raise a question of a brachial plexus problem provoking headaches, or perhaps referred issues from the neck. So, need to search for thoracic outlet syndrome, cervical spondylosis, etc. Therapy can be very successful, but need to have a precise diagnosis.

Answered 3/27/2013

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A member asked:

Acute pain from the collar bone up the neck through the back of the neck to the head and causing headaches?

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Dr. Bennett Machanic answered

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