The cervical is the area of the spine that supports the head. All the vertebrae of the spine are interspersed with cartilaginous discs, which are useful to avoid friction between the vertebrae. When a cartilaginous disc moves, by pressing on the adjacent nerve root, they form the hernia.
When the compression of the nerve affects the cervical spine, it is called cervical hernia, which usually is between c4 and c5, c6 and c5 or c6 and c7 (i.e. between the fourth and the seventh cervical vertebra).
The cervical spine is composed of seven vertebrae stacked like bricks, among which are the cartilage disks. The vertebrae are numbered from top to bottom and depart from c1 to c7.
What are the cervical hernia symptoms?
Usually, the cervical hernia develops in the age group between 30 and 50 years and can be from some sort of trauma or injury to the neck. The most common symptoms are …
- Neck pain
- Pain in the arm
- Numbness and tingling that starts from the arm and reaches up to the fingertips
- Weakness of the neck muscles
- Weakness and shoulder muscle pain
- Dizziness
- Backache
- Nausea
How is a herniated cervical disc?
The primary goal of treating cervical hernia, for each patient, is to help alleviate the pain and other symptoms caused by slipped. To achieve this, the treatment plan for each patient should be individualized depending on the source of the pain, severity and symptoms.
The therapies are based on take non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs, physical therapy and rehabilitation, surgery in severe cases.
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Cervical Herniated: Exercises to get better
Neck strengthening exercises, in the case of cervical hernia, can help to improve the functioning of the neck, reducing the risk of further injuries and protect against secondary arthritic events.
The isometric exercises are useful for the strengthening of the neck muscles. Between these …
- Put your palm against his forehead (contrasted forward flexion).
- Push against the hand, using your neck muscles. We must offer some resistance to the muscles of the neck pushing forward.
- Continue to push for 10-30 seconds, breathing normally.
- Repeat the exercise 2-3 times.
- The same exercise should be done by placing the palm of the hand laterally to the head (opposed lateral flexion).
- Run, then, the rotation of the head slowly from left to right and from right to left.
The postural alignment of the spine should be performed by placing the entire column on a wall, while the subject is in an upright position with legs slightly apart and arms dangling, bend the legs and slid down until you obtain a bending of the legs of approximately 90°. Go up slowly, remaining adherent to the wall.
