| For lots of people cervical spondylosis is a pain in the | | | | Non-Invasive Treatments |
| neck. It happens because the padding with the disks in | | | | If a person is only at the first stage of neck arthritis, |
| the back of the cervical spine has degenerated. It is | | | | pain can be eased through the use of non-steroid |
| the one type of neck arthritis that is the most common | | | | anti-inflammatory medications but special care has to |
| cause of neck pain. It is mostly found in older people | | | | be taken to prevent damage to nerves or spinal cord. |
| over the age of 60. In general, for people over 60 | | | | A neck brace is often used to stabilize the area |
| years of age, is estimated that 75% of men and | | | | around the neck and protect the patient from |
| women suffer from one variation of neck arthritis. This | | | | unexpected, sudden movements. If the condition gets |
| is for one due to the age of the patient but injuries that | | | | worse, keeping the neck still through the use of a |
| may have occurred in earlier years can also be the | | | | cervical brace may be advised and injections of |
| root of the problem. | | | | cortisone into the spine could help to relieve more pain |
| Cervical spondylosis is also known as cervical | | | | for the patient. |
| osteoarthritis or, more commonly, neck arthritis. It is a | | | | In cases where it cannot be treated by any of the |
| degenerative disease that is often caused by the | | | | above, time in hospital may be needed in an |
| wear and tear of bones in the neck and a loss of | | | | environment that will stop the neck from moving at all - |
| cartilage that would normally act as a buffer between | | | | thus preventing additional neck or spinal cord damage. |
| the vertebrae and neck. Bone spurs that break away | | | | In these severe cases, while hospitalized, a patient |
| from the bones and work their way into cartilage can | | | | could be induced with muscle relaxers and narcotic |
| also cause neck pain. An open space is created by | | | | pain relievers. |
| the loss of cartilage between the vertebrae and the | | | | Finally, if nothing else is working, a doctor may advise |
| neck which can trap nerves as they get compressed, | | | | surgery to try and reclaim the space between the |
| which causes pain in other ways. | | | | vertebrae and neck. In cases where bone spurs have |
| Oftentimes pain in the neck, arms and back happens | | | | broken off and worked their way into cartilage, |
| as a result of these trapped nerves and if the spinal | | | | surgery can help remove them and relieve pain. |
| cord is affected by neck arthritis as well, the pain can | | | | Surgery is always a last option and should never be |
| travel to the legs as well. As well as the neck pain, a | | | | considered lightly. |
| patient may suffer a loss of feeling in the legs. | | | | |