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Are You Experiencing Neck Pain?

By Lonnie Gatts


There are numerous other cervical spine problems that may possibly trigger neck pain , but these are the major causes.

Pain that is related to Particular Exercises or Jobs

Some pains which occur during or after certain exercises (routines we might have been performing for many years) or having the neck in particular positions can be often triggered by cervical foraminal stenosis. The signs and symptoms include impingement of a nerve root on one side of the spine.

Old age is a main cause of this neck pain because of weakening of facet joints and discs. We could diagnose the pain by MRI or a CT scan or a myelogram. If the pain is significant enough then a surgical treatment is suggested to open up the disc space and give the nerve root more room .

Arm Pain with Lack of Coordination

Neck pain that radiates down the arm could cause difficulty in the coordiantion and movement of legs and arms. Sometimes occasional intermittent shooting pains may be experienced, and this is often triggered by cervical spinal stenosis with myelopathy.

The symptoms of decreasing of the patient's motor skills can only be noticed after several years of the growth of the disease. The progression of the disease may possibly stop for many years and then slowly starts again so the signs might not be quickly identified. Surgery is needed to decompress the spinal canal.

Pain that is worse in the Morning and at the End of the Day

A few patients may possibly encounter chronic cervical spine pain in the early hours of the day and at evening after work hours. This can be due to arthritic changes in the facet joints .

The degeneration in the cartilage of the facet joints leads to a lot of fiction and there is loss of motion that in turn causes the pain. Motion workouts and physical treatment can easily cure this kind of pain .

Pain that Continues for More than a Several Months and May Change

Symptomatic cervical disc degeneration occurs when we do specific activities although we were suffering from a low level of chronic pain in the neck that sometimes "flares" and gets worse. Relying of the tension caused by the activity the much more pain is encountered.




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