There are conditions that deserve special consideration because their presentation may mimic pain of neck origin. When these conditions coexist with primary neck pain, they render the separation of ...

Cervical myelopathy is a condition that compresses your spinal cord. This happens due to narrowing or pressure in your cervical spine, or the neck region of your backbone. This condition is the most ...

The concern with the cervical herniated disk and the popular whiplash injury as a source of pain in the upper extremity may exclude consideration of a more distal origin of such pain. It is the ...

Surgery for spinal stenosis of the neck aims to relieve compression and improve symptoms. Spinal stenosis is a compression of nerves in the spine. The condition most commonly affects the lumbar spine, ...

DEAR DR. ROACH: I am a 78-year-old woman. Last September I had severe pain in my right hand. The pain was so bad that I had to go to the emergency room, where they did an MRI. Results showed I have ...

Many people ignore early back and neck pain until it worsens into serious spine disorders, experts warn. Conditions like disc ...