Use a massager for cervical pain

2021-11-04 11:50

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Chronic neck pain in the general population with or without sprain or injury is common. Annual estimates of the prevalence of neck pain among adults ranges from 12.1% to 71.5% with most estimates showing an annual prevalence of between 30% and 50%. There are various grades of chronic neck pain with 5% of patients suffering with grades III and IV neck pain associated with high pain intensity and disability. This poses a complicated questions in neck pain management。

While the most common cause of cervical radiculopathy in 70% to 75% of cases is foraminal encroachment of the spinal nerve due to a combination of factors, including decreased disc height and degenerative changes of the uncovertebral joints anteriorly and zygapophyseal joints posteriorly, herniation of the nucleus pulposus is responsible for radiculopathy in approximately 20-25% of cases.