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What Causes Tightness In Neck Muscles?
Had a pacemaker replaced in March of 2010. For past 6 weeks I have had tight muscles on left side of neck, shoulders and down left side of back. Try massaging, ibuprophen and it only somewhat released tightness for a short time. Is this muscle tightness caused by the pacemaker electrical impulses or maybe by the pacemaker being a foreign object on that side of my chest?
Wed, 3 Jun 2020
Hi,
As such pacemaker is not known to cause as any pain or muscle tightness as per the distribution and type of pain it appears more to be arising from some sort of cardiac ischemia. You need to get cardiac workup done before thinking about anything else.
Take care. Hope I have answered your question. Let me know if I can assist you further.
Regards,
Dr. Rohan Shanker Tiwari, Orthopedic Surgeon
As such pacemaker is not known to cause as any pain or muscle tightness as per the distribution and type of pain it appears more to be arising from some sort of cardiac ischemia. You need to get cardiac workup done before thinking about anything else.
Take care. Hope I have answered your question. Let me know if I can assist you further.
Regards,
Dr. Rohan Shanker Tiwari, Orthopedic Surgeon
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