Neck Pain
About Neck Pain
If you suffer from neck pain, you’re far from alone. According to a survey from the National Centers for Health Statistics, about 15 percent of Americans will experience severe neck pain in any three-month period. That means 45 million people are suffering from neck pain at any given time. About two-thirds of the U.S. population – more than 200 million people – will experience neck pain at some point in their lifetime.
Causes
Acute Neck Pain Causes
The most common causes of neck pain—muscle/tendon strains and ligament sprains—heal within a few days or weeks. Many cases of strains and sprains result from overuse or overextension, such as from:
- Poor posture
- Sleeping in an awkward position
- Repetitive motions
- Trauma
Chronic Neck Pain Causes
When neck pain lasts or keeps coming back over a period of several months, it is typically due to spinal degeneration from wear-and-tear over time (also called cervical spondylosis).
- Cervical degenerative disc disease
- Cervical osteoarthritis
- Cervical herniated disc
Other Neck Pain Causes
Other causes of neck pain could include:
- Emotional stress
- Infection
- Myofascial pain syndrome
- Fibromyalgia
- Spinal tumor
- Spondylolisthesis
Symptoms
Neck pain usually involves one or more of the following symptoms and signs:
- Stiff neck
- Sharp pain
- General soreness
- Radicular pain
- Cervical radiculopathy
- Trouble with gripping or lifting objects
- Headaches
Treatments
The following treatments may be used to treat neck pain:
- Laminoforaminotomy (cervical and lumbar)
- Robotic Spine Surgery (ExcelsiusGPS)
- Anterior cervical fusion with cage
- Anterior cervical fusion with cages and plate
- Posterior cervical fusion
- Anterior lumbar interbody fusion
- Extreme lateral lumbar interbody fusions (XLIF)
- Transforaminal lumbar interbody fusion (TLIF)
- Pedicle screw fixation
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