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Cervical Disc Disease: Frequently Asked Questions
Cervical disc disease answers: what it is, symptoms, imaging, treatment options including biologic disc repair, and when surgery is warranted.
What Is a Cervicogenic Headache? A Spine-Driven Definition
Cervicogenic headache is referred head and face pain that originates from cervical spine pathology — joints, discs, or nerves in the upper neck — not from the brain itself.
What Is Cervical Spondylosis? A Plain-Language Definition
Cervical spondylosis is age-related wear of the neck's discs, joints, and ligaments that can cause stiffness, pain, headaches, and nerve symptoms.
What Is Whiplash? Cervical Acceleration-Deceleration Injury Explained
Whiplash is a cervical acceleration-deceleration injury that strains muscles, ligaments, facet joints, and discs. Learn the mechanism, Quebec Task Force grades, symptoms, non-surgical treatment options, and when to seek a specialist evaluation.
What Is a Cervical Annular Tear? Definition, Causes, and Treatment
A cervical annular tear is a rupture in the outer fibrous ring (annulus fibrosus) of a cervical disc that allows inner disc material to leak and irritate spinal nerves.
What Is Cervical Myelopathy? A Patient Guide to Spinal Cord Compression in the Neck
Cervical myelopathy is spinal cord compression in the neck that disrupts signals between the brain and body, producing hand clumsiness, gait instability, and balance problems. Mild cases are managed non-surgically with close monitoring. Moderate to severe cases require prompt surgical evaluation.
What Is Cervical Foraminal Stenosis? A Plain-English Definition
Cervical foraminal stenosis is the narrowing of the small bony openings (neural foramina) in the neck where spinal nerve roots exit the spine, compressing those nerves and producing arm pain, tingling, numbness, or weakness.
