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    Is a tender skull, part of spasticity?

    At the same time that I am having issues with my stiff legs, I notice I am also having a lot of aching and tenderness, in the back part of my skull, and down into my neck, a bit.

    Does anyone else get this, and is it part of spasticity, please? Thank you, one and all! Jan.
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    Hi gazdajl,

    I've had pain near the base of my skull, down my neck, even into my shoulder/ shoulder blade. For me it was more than aching or tenderness, though. It was very painful. The only think that helped a little was moist heat and a prescription strength NSAID. I was even given a soft neck brace to wear. The first time it ever happened was when I was dx'd with Bell's Palsy. Of course, no one could really explain why I had such pain down my neck back then. The facial paralysis never returned, but the neck pain would, with no rhyme or reason. I had a pcp at the time who would tell me it was just something I'd have to learn to live with, since those nerves got inflamed when I had Bell's Palsy.

    Now, in retrospect, we know this was really my first MS attack. I finally started to get relief from the neck pain after I started Baclofen and Gabapentin, so in my case, it was spasticity. I don't know how common it is, since most of the neurologists I've seen brushed it off when I told them about it. The first one who ever acknowledged that it very well could be spasticity was the first MS Specialist I saw. I think that's because it wasn't something they could verify for themself by watching me walk or moving my limbs.

    It doesn't happen that frequently in my neck anymore, thank goodness. I still get it in my shoulder, and besides my legs, my back and an arm are now affected as well. (Lucky me ) Besides medication, and moist heat, a deep massage also helped make my neck pain bearable.

    Best of luck finding relief.
    Kimba

    “When you change the way you look at things, the things you look at change.” ― Max Planck

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      #3
      I did not think that there were muscles there. If there are muscles, it is a possibility. If there are not muscles (which I believe there needs to be to be affected by spasticity) I think you are out of luck. I would call the doctor and see what he/she says. Best of luck to you.
      hunterd/HuntOP/Dave
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        #4
        Pressure Tenderness & Pain related to Fatigue?

        I/ve read a few threads about skull/scalp tenderness and pain. I've experienced it myself, but haven't commented because I eventually attributed my skull/scalp pain to the amount of time I spent laying down, head on pillow, during extreme and prolong episodes of fatigue lasting from months to more than a year.

        I notice the scalp/skull pain & tenderness returns when my fatigue is elivated for prolonged periods, and I'm again spending most hours of the day laying down either in bed or on the couch.

        The pain/tenderness was intense and I was initially very concerned about what to attribute it to. I also had impaired balance whenever I did stand up, and this again I eventually came to the conclusion was associated to extended period of time laying down due to fatigue.

        There may be more to the skull sx's, but when my fatigue is amped up for long periods, the skull pain interfears with rest and is an extreme level of discomfort. Massaging my scalp was unbarable.

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          #5
          I also get occassional sharp pain in my scalp and also occassional tenderness. I always just chalked it up to parasthesia and/or neuropathic pain, but never asked any of my doctors about it.

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            #6
            Migraines?

            Originally posted by gazdajl View Post
            At the same time that I am having issues with my stiff legs, I notice I am also having a lot of aching and tenderness, in the back part of my skull, and down into my neck, a bit.

            Does anyone else get this, and is it part of spasticity, please? Thank you, one and all! Jan.

            Jan, I get muscle cramps with my basilar migraines. It can cause intense pain at the base of the skull as the migraine is felt in the nerves due to abnormal biochemical in the brain stem. It is easily mistaken for a severe "tension" headache because the neck muscles go into spasm. But with a basilar migraine, the migraine is causing the muscle spasms, not the other way around. I have had allodynia and muscle cramps elsewhere as part of the migraine disorder.

            MS and migraines are likely to co-occur
            CIS DX 2013

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              #7
              MS38...thank you (and all the other contributors!), for your reply, and suggestion, that my skalp tenderness, might be migraine-related.

              I will also have to pay attention, to see if fatigue, is also present at the time (it is pretty much always present, tho...lol). Thanks again, all. Keep striving! Jan.

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                #8
                I do not know if it is spasticity or neuropathy but I know I have experienced many times where it felt like like my hair hurt.

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