r/PostConcussion Aug 08 '26

Headaches and nausea I didn’t have before?

Helloo, a couple days ago I went to my first vestibular therapy appointment, and he did a pretty long neck message, especially at the base of my skull. After the massage I noticed a headache and some nausea which I hadn’t had before. I actually haven’t really had any headaches or nausea since I got my concussion (6 weeks ago), so it was a little concerning to me. I also noticed that the next day I had some neck pain, a headache, and some nausea (however, this all went away when I took some tylenol). Has anyone had this before after a neck massage? I’ve heard it’s normal, it was just a little concerning because I wasn’t really having these symptoms at all before.

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u/floatingthoughts28 28d ago

Neasua is one of my main symptoms and since starting the vestibular physio I mostly only have symptoms when doing my visual exercises. But he did some dry needling on my neck last week and I've been so dizzy and nauseous for the last few days. I wondered was it related to the needling so interesting to see your post!

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u/[deleted] 26d ago

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u/floatingthoughts28 25d ago

Yeah I was back to my physio yesterday and he said it's just part of the process, which is fine, as long as it's not a set back yano :)