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Surgery resolved my occipital neuralgia a year ago. constant muscle spasm in neck/shoulders, plus tension headache, remain. what's the next step?

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Pin down cause: Glad surgery worked, but talk to your doc about MRI of neck and thoracic spines, and maybe EMG of brachial plexus. An experienced physical therapist could be very helpful.

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Answered 5/1/2015

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