The neck, or cervical spine, is a critical part of the body ... This pressure can result from various factors, including herniated discs, bone spurs, or soft tissue inflammation.

DISH, which is also sometimes called Forestier’s disease, occurs when ligaments and tendons harden and form painful bone spurs. AS causes inflammation in the joints and ligaments of the spine.

It can also increase the chance of a person developing bone spurs or arthritis ... affects the higher part of a person’s spine, they may develop neck pain. Back pain may become worse if a ...

Cervical myelopathy is a condition that happens when the spinal cord in the neck is compressed or squeezed ... in which the intervertebral disc is removed and the remaining vertebral bones are fused ...

Spinal stenosis surgery helps to reopen your spinal canal, the channel in your backbone that houses your spinal cord and other nerves. A doctor does the surgery when the space in the canal narrows ...

The bone graft will ... the pain of spinal disc disease. The only caveat is that after the surgery, many people find that they lose some degree of movement in their neck. After cervical fusion ...

This week, we are going to discuss a condition that occurs after trauma and surgery as well as after traumatic injuries to the head, neck and spine. The condition? Heterotopic ossification.