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Can muscle tension in your head and neck cause you to feel unsteady/lightheaded/dizzy/vertigo?
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Muscle tension: Yes. Take ibuprofen and do range of motion exercises of your neck to loosen up the muscle spasm. Spasm of Neck muscles can cause dizziness by affecting position sense. Moist heat and hot showers may help.
Answered 9/8/2018
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