Brief Answer:
Disc bulge needing surgery

Detailed Answer:
Thank you for contacting HCM with your health care concerns.

You have recently had a CT or MRi that showed a disks impinging the nerves exiting the spine at C3-4 through C6-7 with the most impingement at C3-4. Along with these finding you have symptoms of pain and numbness and tingling. These symptoms are concerning for nerve damage and I would recommend a surgical approach to remove the pressure on those nerves. It will be up to you surgeon and you as to how extensive the surgery will be as a verbal report will not give us the true extend of the disease. I recommend you talk openly with your surgeon the best approach to correcting this problem will be.

I hope I answered your question. Please contact us again at HCM with your health care concerns.

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Brief Answer:
Whiplash is one cause

Detailed Answer:
Yes a whiplash injury could result in injuries as you stated in your imaging study. Also normal daily living and arthritis may also cause these changes.

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Brief Answer:
two approaches to neck surgery

Detailed Answer:
There are two approaches fro neck surgery a frontal approach where they put an incision on the front and side of your neck. The posterior of back approach goes directly through the middle of the spine. Both approaches work and each has complications like nerve damage infection or paralysis. When the doctor is doing surgery they will also remove some of the calcification from the nerve openings. Either approach will work it will be up to you and your doctor to decide which approach to make.

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