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Are You Suffering from Neck Pain?
The more you know about neck pain causes the better off you will be.
Believe it or not, most people suffer from neck pain causes at some
point in their life. Yours may be more serious than others, or maybe it
is just a minor tweak. But no matter what, if you know what this is all
about and how to address the problem you will be better off. This is one
of those potential health concerns that you want to know a lot about
even if you are not suffering.
So what neck pain causes are most common? It is hard to say what
cause is the most common of them all, but many believe that it is muscle
strains. If you pull a muscle in your neck or back it can lead to a lot
of pain in the area. In fact, the pain can be so bad that it may make
you wonder if you didn't hurt yourself in another way.
Of course, there are more serious issues that can come up over time.
For instance, a herniated disk can lead to a lot of pain and eventually
cause problems in other areas as well. This is something that needs
treated by an experienced doctor, and may even call for surgery
depending on how bad your situation is.
Finally, another one of the most common neck pain causes is injury.
This can include anything from a car accident to falling down. Landing
on your neck the wrong way or being suddenly hit without notice can lead
to injury to the neck and back.
If you are suffering from neck pain it is important to receive a
proper diagnosis. Even if you think you know what the problem is you
should see your doctor just to make sure. Neck pain is not something
that you want to take lightly as minor problems can linger and get worse
over time.
Now that you know more about neck pain causes you are in better
position to handle this problem should you begin to suffer.
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Question: Must remove bone from my cervical neck region and stop bone from growing back into intervertebral foramen.?
(Posted by: Do You Understand on 2006-10-17 20:00:10)
I must eventually remove bone that is pressing against the nerves coming out of the cervical region C- 4 & C- 5. A neurosurgeon can remove them but in most patients it grows back causing extreme pain. I need a way to stop the bone from growing back into the intervertebral foramen while not injuring the soft muscle and neural tissue in the neck. What ideas do you have? |
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Posted by: HK3738 on 2006-10-17, 20:51:52
You treat is as required, no prevention, regrowth is slow though so may take some time, good luck |
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Posted by: mrcricket1932 on 2006-10-17, 23:38:17
Your description is not explicit enough to garner a good response.. where is this bone forming from and what is the logic to justify such an incident? Is there a malformation of the bone or is it the bodies attempt to fuse the vertebrae together? Spurring in other words. Or, is there just mal-alignment of the vertebrae to allow pressure on the nerve of that area? |
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Posted by: not_gullible on 2006-10-18, 02:14:20
Your surgeon, and you, are focusing on the symptom while ignoring the cause of the problem. Your question is not very specific but sounds like you have bone spurs. Bone spurs are the result of overly tight muscles that are pulling tendons away from bones and distorting the natural curve (lordosis) of your cervical vertebrae. Your body will not allow space to exist between a tendon and bone because it may eventually result in the tissues tearing away and being permanently damaged. So, it reacts in the only way it knows how: by filling the void with calcium and forming a "spur ". Your surgeon can remove the spur but guess what? If you don't address the tight muscles that have caused the problem in the first place another spur will form and you'll have to go through the same process again. Your body will also be making both large and small muscular compensations in the meantime, thus creating more pain/ dysfunction not only in your cervical region but throughout your whole body.If you don't want to go through that then forget surgery and go to someone that will be able to correct the cause without focusing only on "fixing " the symptoms. Neuromuscular Therapists, Rolfers and similarly trained muscle/ soft tissue therapists will be able to determine what muscular and postural factors are causing the problem and be able to correct it without surgery, medications or elaborate physical therapy protocols. You may also be interested in a book by a movement therapist named Pete Egoscue entitled, "Pain Free- A Revolutionary Method for Stopping Chronic Pain ". He explains simply but thoroughly the causes for most pain in general, and bone spurs in particular, among other conditions, and how these can be corrected without surgery and other standard approaches which do not address the real cause of the problem anyway. |
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