Our necks, also called the cervical spine, make up the first region of our spinal column. It is a well-engineered structure of bones, nerves, muscles, ligaments, and tendons. It is delicate while also remarkably strong and flexible. It supports the weight of our head, allows a variety of head and neck movements, protects the spinal cord, and facilitates blood flow to the brain.
Yet with all these crucial roles our necks perform comes the different cervical/neck injuries that prevent it from functioning at its best. These include:
- Cervical degenerative joint disease
- Cervical spinal stenosis
- Cervical whiplash injury
- Cervical herniated disc
- Cervical facet arthropathy
- Cervical radiculopathy
- Cervical muscle spasm
- Cervical pinched nerve
- Cervical bulging disc
- Cervical nerve root entrapment
- Cervical torticollis