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Health Encyclopedia: Headaches: Tension Causes

Causes

There does not appear to be a single cause of chronic tension-type headache. Many factors are likely involved.

Muscle Contractions and Tenderness

One of the most popular theories on the cause of tension-type headaches involves muscle contraction in the head, neck, and shoulders. There are several ideas about how muscle tension may produce these headaches.

The most common cause of tension-type headaches is muscle contraction in the head, neck or shoulders.

Studies have suggested that tension-ty...

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