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The whole of the spine
is at the risk of herniation or rapture. But the most prone areas are
the lumbar region, and the cervical region. When a bulging disk
occurs in the area of neck, it is called herniated cervical disk.
What are the causes of herniated
cervical disk?
There are three most common possible
ways by which cervical disk gets raptured. They are aging, stress of
longer periods and the last one is a sudden injury. In aging, the
disks slowly lose the elasticity, and the gelatinous material inside
the joints get shrunk. This results in the disk to rapture. The
rapture disk than comes out and causes the herniation.
In longer stress like bad posture of
sitting, sleeping, the joints get stressed and the result is a bulge
of the disk. In case of injury the cartilaginous cushions get much
tensed and one or two of them come out. The injury can be caused by a
sudden jerk or some strong movement of the neck in wrong position.
Symptoms of
Herniation in the neck:
Well the first symptom is pain and
difficulty in moving the neck. Then swelling may arise and the area
may be heated up. In some cases the pain travels towards the
shoulders and down to the warms and hands. If it persist without
treatment then it will cause your finger to numbness.
What are the treatments of this bulging
disk?
There are wide range of treatments for
this condition. One can go for regular treatments or can go for
alternative treatments. Exercise is the common advisable prescription
for both the kinds of treatments. But in alternative treatment there
is no mention of medicines or surgery. In regular practice a doctor
can advice medicines and in severe cases surgery is recommended.
Whatever treatment you choose its up to you, but don't delay if you
are suffering from any such problems.
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