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Cervical Herniated Disc – Treatment Options

There are two main reasons why a cervical herniated disc is not as common as a Herniated Lumbar Disc are: First, there is not much disc material located in the cervical spine and secondly, there is not much force applied along the cervical spine, compared with the lumbar section of the spine. A herniated cervical disc nonetheless can be very debilitating and complex to treat.

In most cases a hernia cervical disc protrude on the passenger side of the cord and foramen limit () the nerve root. If space nerve root is compromised due to (osteophytes) bone spurs or the collapse of the disc space, added to the disc clamping can irritate the nerve root causing radiculopathy (pain in the arm). If the root of nerve is not compromised, the temporary pain in the arm can be relieved by conventional treatments available at your drugstore or pharmacy.

A herniated cervical disc usually requires the completion of conservative treatment including rest and light physical rehabilitation, surgery is the last option and reserved only for serious cases of herniated cervical disc one when all other avenues have been exhausted treatment.

If chronic pain persists for a period exceeding two weeks, oral steroids should be taken to combat the symptoms. Oral sedatives can be taken to the extreme pain, but only for a few days or a maximum of two weeks. Any form of steroid treatment should be controlled and regulated by your doctor or physician.

When the pain persists, conservative treatment, as should take the following:

1) Physical Therapy

Physical therapy or exercise to relieve pressure on the nerve root – Treatments chiropractors to help revive also the pressure on the nerve root – manual traction to help open the hole in the cervix

2) Injection epidural

One can also consider the use of epidural injections if the pain is not relieved by the use of physical treatments. The pain of a hernia cervical disc can be relieved effectively most of the time, however, the persistence of extreme cases more is needed. If in the case of the initial epidural injection does not work immediately, further injections should be administered every 2 weeks to a period of three months. If 2-3 months of physical and medical treatments fail, removal disc surgery to relieve pain may be considered a viable option.

3) CT or MRI

A CT scan or MRI can be used to confirm the level of the affected cervical disc herniation. If the scan can verify the severity and complexity of the herniated cervical disc then surgery would be the most desired option.

There are two types of surgery involved in the effective treatment of a herniated cervical disc. They are:

4) Surgery

There are two types of surgery options. previous surgery opens the hole to give more space to the nerve root. posterior surgery is recommended for patients with an enlarged disc located on the side of the nerve canal.

Both before and after surgery have proven effective for most patients, but as always take the advice of your physician or medical treatment before considering surgery for a herniated cervical disc.

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