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QUESTION:
I hate relying on caffeine to get me out of trouble.  I avoid it in my diet, I have started taking dietary fiber once a day, hoping that it might help me.  I eat lots of fruits and vegetables, chicken, rice, cereals, and I avoid a lot of pastas, and breads, I do consume dairy products, I involve exercise with everything that I do, I walk a total of 45 minutes a day, and I do it fast, I take 5 flights of stairs everyday as much as possible at a jogging rate, and my job is rather physical, I try to stretch as much as possible, especially my neck. Usually my pain starts very deep in my left shoulder-blade (I'm right handed) and then it works it's way up my neck wrapping around my muscles there and then to the back of my head, crawls up to the top and surrounds my eyebrows and temples, at this point my head is numb with a buzzing sensation, (I've had deep sharp stabbing pains on a regular basis in my left shoulder blade as far back as i can remember -very young)



REPLY:
Sounds like you are way ahead of the healthiness/lifestyle curve. You headache sounds like it may be related to a neck or cervical trigger. This raises some questions: any sports injuries or car wrecks etc as a youngster? Don't know your age but neck triggers are common with early arthritic changes. Just a thought. There is plenty of excellent treatment available. Good Luck

 


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