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Sport-loving dad suffers stroke from 'turning his head too quickly'
A sporty father from Missouri says he suffered multiple strokes and a torn artery in his neck after “turning his head too quickly.”
Joel Hentrich, 35, said he was playing pickleball - a racket sport using small paddles - when he felt a popping sensation after turning his head swiftly on 23 November.
The father-of-four described how his vision blurred before he had vertigo, began vomiting and felt a tingling sensation.
Scans showed Hentrich had dissected his left vertebral artery and had suffered three strokes.
The sportsman has set up a GoFundMe to help provide for his children.
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