Dry needling and SCM Muscle
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Has anybody had Dry needling or trigger point work done on their SCM Muscle and did it stop the feeling of being light headed?
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Notes on Dry needling and SCM Muscle
Daria1969 rocksolid
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rocksolid Daria1969
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Sternocleidomastoid Muscle. Here is a list of issues people have when there are problems with it
What Are the Symptoms of Sternocleidomastoid Pain?
There are numerous symptoms that are unrelated to musculoskeletal system. Some of those symptoms and disorder include:
Tension headache: Headache caused by the persistent state of tension in the muscles of neck and cranial region. These headaches can lasts for up to half an hour or few days.
Migraine: The SCM can also cause migraine attacks that are characterized by disturbance in the visual acuity, muscle tenderness and headache.
Hangover headache: The SCM trigger points can be activated by consuming too much alcohol. In addition, your dreaded headaches can also be due to trapezius muscle involvement.
Atypical facial neuralgia: The atypical facial neuralgia is characterized by pain in jaws, temple regions and cheeks.
Swelling, pain and soreness in throat: On the tongue base, you may feel pain with difficulty in swallowing food. This is due to the involvement of sternal division trigger points.
Disturbance in vision: Sternal part's trigger points can make your vision blurry, doubled or dimmed.
Eye issues: Drooping eye lids, tearing and redness in eyes are also some classic symptoms of SCM pain.
Forehead sweating: Unilateral sweating of forehead is also a common symptom of sternocleidomastoid pain.
Dizziness and unsteadiness: Dizziness on head movement, car and sea sickness along with fainting and nausea on moving head.
Hearing disability: Ringing and deafness in any of the ears can be caused by the involvement of clavicular division triggers.
Sore neck: The soreness in neck is caused by too much rubbing on the area.
Pain in upper chest: Pain in upper region of chest bone.
lily65668 rocksolid
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Thanks for that. I suspect I may have an intermittent problem in that area. When going through periods of stress I often have dizzy spells. Nothing to do with vertigo (which I've also suffered recently, but due to other causes) but a momentary instability when turning my head recently. This has resulted in sudden falls.
I also had severe occipital headaches for a month after undergoing the Epley manoeuvre for BPPV recently. I put this down to the fact that I'd avoided moving my head during the previous two month, when I'd been suffering from BPPV. I suspect SCM may have been at the root of this. Fortunately it cleared up after a few weeks of gentle exercise.