# 4 Days Post Op Decompression Experience - Does it get worse before it gets better?

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**Created:** [May 2, 2026, 1:12am UTC](https://forum.livingwitheagle.org/t/4-days-post-op-decompression-experience-does-it-get-worse-before-it-gets-better/22940 "2026-05-02T01:12:21Z")\
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**Post date:** [July 15, 2026, 7:26pm UTC](https://forum.livingwitheagle.org/t/4-days-post-op-decompression-experience-does-it-get-worse-before-it-gets-better/22940/45 "2026-07-15T19:26:41Z")

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@BuckeyePrincess - I’m very sorry you & your daughter will need to travel to CO again. I was also hoping her healing journey was continuing to move in a positive direction. I haven’t heard of massaging the omohyoid to get it to stop causing IJV compression though here are links to a couple of research articles where IJV compression via omohyoid is discussed:

> [@Omohyoid muscle and IJV compression](https://forum.livingwitheagle.org/t/omohyoid-muscle-and-ijv-compression/12109):
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> “In addition, the omohyoid muscle maintains a low pressure in the internal jugular vein by tensing the carotid sheeth” The omohyoid is attached to the scapula, so there is a chance scapula problems/postural problems might cause issues with IJV via the omohyoid muscle…

> [@CHA, et al. Sternocleidomastoid Omohyoid Entrapment of the Internal Jugular Vein Causing Vertigo and Headaches](https://forum.livingwitheagle.org/t/cha-et-al-sternocleidomastoid-omohyoid-entrapment-of-the-internal-jugular-vein-causing-vertigo-and-headaches/23229):
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> [https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.1111/ene.70645](https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.1111/ene.70645)

Dr. Hepworth refers his patients with spinal CSF leaks to Dr. Callen at U Colorado Anshutz. If the leak is cerebral, I’m not sure to whom he refers patients.

I hope & will pray that the MRI cisternogram is able to show precisely what is going on so it can be repaired. Also, if the omohyoid caused IJV compression persists, I hope Dr. Hepworth will suggest another treatment option.

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