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Yesterday I fell from my skateboard, wasn t wearing a helmet, and fell on my back hitting my head on the ground. My head doesn t hurt, only lightly where it smacked the ground but today my whole body hurts, my muscles and my neck is stiff. Is this a sign of a concussion? Other then that I do not experience the symptoms I ve read, I m not dizzy, I talk, walk and act fine, I m not feeling confused...
I dont think you have a concussion. The pain is due to the trauma you had to your neck which has probably resulted in muscle injury. Any traumatic injury can lead to a inflammatory response throughout the body resulting in fever or as in your case generalised bodyache. But i would still advise you to get an xray of the cervical spine done just so that we dont miss anything. You can take a muscle relaxant and an anti inflammatory agent like serratiopeptidase along with paracetamol which will reduce the pain. Always, always wear a helmet. Potentially fatal head injuries can be avoided by doing so.
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What Causes Body Ache And Stiffness In The Neck?
I dont think you have a concussion. The pain is due to the trauma you had to your neck which has probably resulted in muscle injury. Any traumatic injury can lead to a inflammatory response throughout the body resulting in fever or as in your case generalised bodyache. But i would still advise you to get an xray of the cervical spine done just so that we dont miss anything. You can take a muscle relaxant and an anti inflammatory agent like serratiopeptidase along with paracetamol which will reduce the pain. Always, always wear a helmet. Potentially fatal head injuries can be avoided by doing so.