Neck Pain

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

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

The following treatments may be used to treat neck pain:

Artificial Disc Surgery (Cervical and Lumbar)

Outpatient Spine Surgery

• Anterior cervical fusions
• Anterior cervical fusion with cages and plates

Minimally Invasive Spine Surgery

• Laminoforaminotomy (cervical and lumbar)
• Robotic Spine Surgery (ExcelsiusGPS)

Pain Management (Spine)

• Epidural Injections
• Joint Injections
• Trigger Point Injections
• Radiofrequency Denervation
• HF10 Spinal Cord

Stem Cell Injections

Spinal Fusion Surgery (Outpatient)

• 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