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He may be the Benin mostly muscular torticollis is nonetheless very painful and disabling. Rest and analgesics are the only remedies to soften the symptoms disappear in a few days.

What’s this?

The muscular torticollis is, as its name suggests, a contraction of certain muscles of the neck, which prevents the head from moving properly. Most of the time, the sterno-mastoid Cleidocranial is at stake. The victim wakes up in the morning with his head stuck in an awkward position, unable to move.
Anyone can be affected by a stiff neck, but it occurs most often between 30 and 60. Women are half as affected as men.

What are the causes?

They are many:

• In most cases, torticollis is caused by a bad position during sleep. This explains why the symptoms usually occur at sunrise.

• One false move, a sudden or forced movement of the neck may also trigger the field contracture which lasted several days.

• A violent trauma such as a car accident is sometimes the case.

• A draft extended on the neck may also be sufficient to trigger the symptoms.

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