Neck and Back Pain
Narayan Multispeciality Dental Clinic
Mechanical neck pain may be made by strain or sprain of the muscles and ligaments connected to the spine. It may also be produced by inflammation of the joints in the spine or by degeneration of the disc spaces located between the vertebral bodies. Fractures of the spine due to trauma occur in neck pain as well. Also, tumors and infection of the spine may produce neck pain. Mechanical instability as is seen in spondylolisthesis may result in neck pain as well.
The neurosurgeon needs to find out the cause of pain to treat it accordingly. This is done by using the patient’s history to know when the pain began, where the pain travels to, the nature of the pain and what does the pain more real or worse. The neurosurgeon then performs a physical examination and establishes with detailed MRI or CT scans of the spine, as well as x-rays. It is only after the diagnosis of the problem of pain that we begin treatment to reduce the pain.


