Tension-type headache

The most common cause of tension-type headaches is muscle contraction in the head, neck or shoulders.
Review Date: 06/19/2008
Reviewed By: Daniel B. Hoch, PhD, MD, Assistant Professor of Neurology, Harvard
Medical School, Department of Neurology, Massachusetts General
Hospital. Also reviewed by David Zieve, MD, MHA, Medical Director,
A.D.A.M., Inc.












