What Is Cervical Spondylitis?

Neck pain is the pain arising in the neck , between the shoulders & up the back of the head into the hairline. Neck pain can be quiet disturbing interfering with day-to-day life, including your ability to sleep, feel productive, and enjoy your family time. And it affects more than just your physical body. Research suggests that chronic pain can have an impact on a person’s mental health; up to 85 percent of patients with chronic pain are affected by severe depression. Poor posture can strain neck muscles, whether it’s leaning over the computer or sleeping in an awkward position.

Non Surgical Treatment For Cervical Spondylitis

Interventional treatments for neck pain management can be a faster and more effective source of pain relief. These procedures are beneficial when conservative medical care and drugs have failed to relieve severe pain.

Depending on the cause of neck pain, injections such as trigger point injections, epidural steroid injections, and radiofrequency ablations can be performed

• Cervical Epidural Steroid Injection – This procedure is regarded as a highly efficient neck pain treatment. The doctor will insert a small needle into the epidural area and administer a small dose of medicine to relieve the pain under fluoroscopic guidance (real-time x-ray).
• Transforaminal Epidural Steroid Injection — This method is identical to the one described above, but the drug is directed directly onto the nerve fibres that make up the sciatic nerve, resulting in more medication being injected.
• Spinal cord stimulations– When the inflammation in and around the afflicted nerves is too severe for an epidural injection, spinal cord stimulation (SCS) is an excellent and successful therapy option for pain relief without surgery. An electrical pulse is given directly to the spine in SCS, restricting the passage of certain neuron fibres to the brain and, as a result, the brain’s ability to experience the previously perceived pain.
• Radiofrequency Ablation (RFA) – Radio waves are sent through a nerve, stunning it and preventing it from transmitting pain.