If the spinal column contracts too far, these nerves can be damaged, and will lead to a disruption of the signals sent from your brain to the rest of the body. Spondylosis may involve:• fusion (the growing together of the vertebrae) • immobilization (the inability to move the spine) and• pressure on nerves exiting the spinal cord. Nerves exit between the vertebrae and branch out to your body. When the bones rub against each other they may put pressure on the nerves.
Severe
When the space between two adjacent vertebrae narrows, compression of a nerve root emerging from the spinal cord may result. In radiculopathy (sensory and motor system disturbances, such as severe pain in the neck, shoulder, arm, back, and/or leg, accompanied by muscle weakness). In some cases, a nerve may become irritated, pressed on or 'trapped' which can cause persistent severe pain or other symptoms in an arm such as muscle weakness. Surgical decompression of the spinal cord in the neck may be recommended for severe pain or for significant loss of movement, sensation, or function.
Arms
Symptoms return to top of the neck pain (may radiate to the arms or shoulder). Loss of sensation or abnormal sensations of the shoulders, arms, or (rarely) legs. Weakness of the arms or (rarely) legs, neck stiffness that progressively worsens.
Loss of balance, Headaches, particularly in the back of the head, loss of control of the bladder or bowels (if spinal cord is compressed). Shooting pains from the shoulders to the hands are common, as is numbness, tingling, and weakness in the arms and hands. The symptoms of cervical spondylosis include: neck pain and stiffness that may spread to the base of your skull, shoulders and sometimes down your arms, to the hands and fingers, a loss of movement in your neck, an increased risk of other injuries to your neck, a loss of sensation (numbness) in your shoulders, arms, hands, fingers and sometimes in your legs (you should tell your GP if you have these symptoms as they might indicate that you have a trapped nerve), intermittent shooting pains in your neck, arms, shoulders or upper back due to pressure on the nerve roots, a loss of balance, double vision,dizziness and blackouts ( if there is pressure on the vertebral artery ) fatigue and irritability, loss of control of the bladder (if spinal cord is compressed),disturbed sleep, headaches, which often start at the back of the head, just above the neck, before moving over the top to the forehead, difficulty swallowing, difficulty walking, fear of falling, and noisy joints.
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