Cervical radiculopathy is generally dysfunctional or misfiring of a nerve in the cervical spine in your back. There are many causes like a severe injury causing a compressed nerve or the aftermath of a disc being herniated. Sometimes, the cervical radiculopathy symptoms can also be a decrease in disc height, narrowing of the spine and degeneration at joints along the spine, continued heavy lifting, injuries from sports, and poor posture are also common contributors. If you have pain in the neck and one shoulder then this pain may radiate into your arm, which can cause weakness and numbness as well. The more you delay, the more it gets severe.

The earlier you can get on radiculopathy treatment of cervical spine, the better it is. There are many treatment options available. Let’s have a look at some of them:

1) Soft Collars: they allow the muscles of the neck to rest, limit neck motion and help in decreasing pinching of nerve roots with movement. These collars can be helpful but keep in mind to wear them for short periods of time as they will decrease the strength of the muscles in the neck.

2) Physical therapy can also help the muscle strengthening and stretching.

3) Pain medications or steroidal injections are injected in to spine which is an alternate form of cervical radiculopathy treatment options, help to reduce nerve swelling and relieve the pain to recover with more time.

If you are looking for an expert who can treat you, get in contact with Dr. Alexander N. Lenard, MD who is a Board Certified Orthopedic and Fellowship Trained Spine Surgeon who is a Director of Spine Surgery at Good Samaritan Hospital in West Palm Beach, Florida. He specializes in corrective spinal surgery and is an expert neck surgeon known for his expertise and skills. The procedures that he usually performs for cervical radiculopathy include:

1) Anterior cervical discectomy and fusion

2) Posterior cervical laminoforaminotomy

Being a top orthopedic surgeon in his region, he is also serving the post of Director of Spine Surgery at Palm Beach Gardens Hospital and Laser and Surgery Center, Palm Beach Gardens, Florida. He is an active member of Palm Beach County Medical Society. For more information about Dr. Alexander N. Lenard or his services, visit his website at www.lenardmd.com. To schedule an appointment, you can also call 561-840-1090.