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I currently have acute lumbago, went back to work friday 12 hours with heat patch on & then saturday i suffered migraine went home is it connected?
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Back pain : The report of a migraine is a loose term people use to describe a headache of any type. Headaches from muscle tension often are connected to back pain due to reflexive muscle tightness in the neck. As a matter of information, heat pad should not be used more than 20 minutes at a time, using it longer causes swelling and worsening low back pain.
Answered 1/16/2019
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