The pain treatment doctors of
Atlas Rehabilitation and Pain Medicine, located on Park Avenue South in Manhattan,
New York is a pain treatment and pain management centre which can
treat and manage your neck pain condition.
The treatment of neck pain can range from the reassurance that
nothing is wrong to very delicate surgery. Neck pain treatment is
always based on the individual and his or her symptoms. In general,
treatment for neck pain falls into two broad categories:
conservative treatment (non-surgical) and surgical treatment.
Treatment for any back condition should involve two goals: 1)
Relieve pain and 2) Reduce the risk of re-injury.
Symptoms are how the cause
of your neck pain affects you. Common neck pain symptoms include:
Pain in your neck
Headaches
Pain in your shoulder, arm, or hand
Reduced range of motion in your neck
Numbness, weakness, and slower reflexes in your arms, hands, legs, or
feet
Problems walking including a "spastic gait"
Muscle weakness in your legs
The most common causes of
neck pain is called degeneration of the intervertebral disc.
Degeneration often results from small injuries that may not cause
neck pain at the time the injuries actually occur. Over time, these
injuries add up and the abnormal wear and tear can weaken the
connective tissue that makes up the disc of the neck. Once the
connective tissue is weak, sudden stress, such as a whiplash type
movement, may injure the neck disc more easily. The entire process
of disc degeneration is sometimes referred to as spondylolysis. You
may hear your doctor
refer to your neck
problem as spondylolysis of the cervical spine.
Degeneration of the disc
and spinal segment can result in several different spinal conditions
that cause problems. These include: mechanical neck pain, cervical
radiculopathy, and spinal stenosis. Sometimes we may injure our neck
with a relatively minor injury. These minor injuries may cause pain
for a few days and then go away. This is commonly referred to as a
neck, or muscle strain.
If you need your neck pain condition diagnosed, or are seeking
a neck pain management specialists, the pain management doctors of
Atlas Rehabilitation and Pain Medicine of Manhattan, New York and
Millburn, New Jersey would be happy to see you for a consultation
and help you learn about the treatment options available to you for
your neck pain.
