Tightness in the back of the head may be related to physiological factors, and may also be caused by cervical spondylosis, hypertensive crisis, tension headache and other reasons.
1. Physiological factors: for example, recent psychological pressure is too large, rest is not good, sleep time is not enough, easy to lead to cerebral nerve dysfunction, resulting in cerebral vasodilatation, contraction function of the formation of obstacles, which may lead to the back of the head tightness.
2. Cervical spondylosis: If you keep improper sitting and lying posture for a long time, it will easily lead to stiff and tense neck muscles, which will pull and stimulate the blood vessels and nerves in the head, and then it may cause tightness in the back of the head.
3. Hypertensive crisis: usually due to emotional over-excitement, over-exertion and other circumstances, resulting in a rapid rise in blood pressure in a relatively short period of time, which may cause tightness in the back of the head, may also be accompanied by headache, dyspnea and other symptoms.
4. Tension headache: when the tension headache attack, the patient is mainly manifested in the head pressure, tight binding throbbing pain, may cause head muscle contraction, which may cause the back of the head tightness.
Tightness in the back of the head may have other causes, the persistence of the above symptoms, it is recommended to seek medical advice as soon as possible, under the guidance of a specialized physician to clarify the cause of the disease, and give targeted treatment.