What Are Cervial Disc Lesions?
Your spine consists of 24 individual vertebrae stacked on top of each other. Flexible cushions called “discs” live between each set of vertebrae. The term “cervical disc lesion” means that your disc has been damaged.
Cervical Disc Lesions are one of the most common causes of neck pain and chiropractors are uniquely trained to find and fix this type of pain. According to the British Medical Journal, “spinal manipulation is and less costly for treating neck pain than physical therapy or care by a general practitioner.”
Symptoms
Surprisingly, cervical disc lesions are present without any symptoms in over half of the adult population. Since the spinal cord and nerve roots live directly behind the disc, bulges that are accompanied by inlfammation will likely create neck pain that radiates into your shoulder or arm. If the disc bulge is significant enough to cuase compression of your nerve, you may also experience loss of your reflexes and weaknesses.
How We Can Help
How We Can Help Getting you back to normal as soon as possible is our number one goal. To do that, we will likely recommend one or more of the following:
- Joint manipulation to gently restore movement.
- Therapy modalities to ease your muscle tightness, pain and swelling.
- Myofascial release to remove your longstanding tightness.
- Therapeutic stretching to restore your flexibility
