Disc herniations are a common source of neck pain and shooting pain into the shoulders and/or arm (radiculopathy). This is a bread and butter example of a patient with a cervical disc herniation.
i had a pinched nerve almost similar to this case, less severe i would struggle to sleep at night, fear of waking to neck pain every single morning, followed by numbness with my fingers sometimes even my leg the pain is so intense sometimes i would just lie awake staring at the ceiling crying switched a lot of pillows, i even bought a new mattress, ice packs painkillers nothing helped it lasted for 2 months on and off and finally I had to visit a chiropractor and get adjustments every 3 days a week for a year i’m so grateful the pain is all gone, i’ve definitely grew more conscious to my posture and the exercises my chiropractor recommend me however my grasp is never the same i’d say i’d lose 20% of strength, and I’m only a young adult never ignore the importance of maintaining good posture and building core strength
Hello Olivia .....I have same prblm...I ve done lot of similar treatment as u done ...still no development.....I daily ve numbness on head sholder legs ....fed up of this cervical prblm .... reply me abt the chiropractor treatment
I'm not a professional. so I am only speaking from my personal experience because everyone's situation is different, and you can do a little research on which spine is affected (for me, it is C6-7, and it directly affected my ring and little finger). 1. Talk to your chiropractor about almost everything! from symptoms to specifically where does it hurt etc. and definitely switch one if you could but only if you find their treatments exacerbate your pain! different chiropractors have different treatment styles, and i know it sucks but you have to learn to live with disc herniation cause treatments is not going to do anything unless you do your part, cause it would only get worse if you are not aware of your posture, especially later on with age! 2. Always maintain a good posture, reduce screen time or if you have to, make sure you hold your device up (within eye level). It could be embarrassing in public but it actually helped me a lot, also be aware of your posture especially when you sit 2. Avoid high-intensity exercises such as jogging. Instead, only light exercises 3. Avoid sleeping on your side cause it pinches your nerve even more when you already had disc herniation, it is best to sleep on your back 4. constantly look up, wrap a towel around your neck and slowly look up and repeat and do it as many times possible, huge improvement I know it could sound like a lot and you would feel hopeless because nothing seemed to work, but it really gets better with consistency, and just know that you are not alone!
IT TOOK 5 MONTHS TO BE DIAGNOSED WITH CERVICAL HERNIA 😡😭 here in SWEDEN ‼️I haven't seen my MRI even though I asked to see it, but I live here🇸🇪😭 and they are very bureaucratic, anyway, they just sent me a letter to tell me that they are going to refer to an orthopedist because they found this cervical hernia that is compressing the nerve roots and that is the reason for this horrible pain in the head, neck, upper back and arm. They did not inform me which vertebrae it is between, nor what degree, if it is damaging the spinal cord, nothing! The fact is that for 5 months I have felt a lump, like a cartilage ridge in the direction of C5, C6 and C7 and when I bend my head back it becomes very evident even through the skin and if I press it it gets in but it jumps again when I stop pressing. I know it's obviously not the hernia but what could it be? I didn't have it before this happened to me and no one else has this "spike". I don't know how long it will take for me to see the orthopedist, but I'm curious.
I have 6 herniated discs in my neck c2 c3 c4 c5 c6 c7 and a tumor cyst on a nerve root causing pain my neck looks similar but with more herniations pressing against my cord one disc is going into the canal where the cord is. I proably need surgerey but this scares me so mutch.😢
The only thing I would be interested in asking this 51 year old patient is wether they have noticed memory/cognitive decline due to this disc problem. Cognitive decline and dementia are related to CSF flow.
@granitegranny4884 interesting you mention this. I am having memory and cognitive issues due to 4 herniated disc in my cervical spine. Unfortunately my doctor doesn't think it's related, but I strongly feel it is.
Not at this stage unless you prove on motion or an upright MRI (weight baring) that the herniation is causing pressure on the cord or other nerves or depending on your symptoms. Normal MRI's are not good you're flat and basically lying down for up to 90 mins in a position that does not tell the doctor reviewing you the real and true picture of what's going on. More people feel pain when they are in motion or using their back to walk and stuff, lots of people have narrowing of the spinal canal due to bone spurs and disc bulge but have no symptoms. its when a herniation is severe enough to cause you pain is when u must consider surgery.
The body is a mechanical system and there a motion scan gives a better indication of surgery needed. A digital motion X-ray will show if there is instability but really what is needed with this patient is an mri of the neck in motion (not flat)
@@Raj-ul9my if more than 50% of the spinal cord is compressed and it goes down to the right leg/nerve pain and weakness, but arm, neck and shoulders are not as bad anymore would a surgery then be called for? It’s been a one year long journey - at one point I couldn’t even hold a pen but I can now. But walking is an issue. C5/C6 is involved- rest of the back/spine is normal.
@@evakorman1 Yes get surgery, if you keep delaying you cord could get damaged and the cord does not heal as good as the nerve roots which mean your symptoms might not completely resolve even after surgery,. if you have 50% cord compression 1) if this was the case and u were diagnosed, If they offered u conservative treatment, then would sue then and 2) get surgery asap
