Hi, Thanks for your query, The common cause of neck and back pain are poor posture, back sprain/injury, unaccustomed work/exercise, cervical and lumbar spondylosis and so on. The symptoms that yoiu have described could be due to cervical spondylosis. Other causes also should be kept in mind as i have noted above. I beg to say that xay will not help much to determine the degree of nerve comprehension in patients with spondylosis. MRI scan will be a better choice. How ever, you need not worry at all as you don t have clinical signs/symptoms suggestive of nerve compression. Usually when ever there is a compression of nerve root, the patient will have pain that radiates down the arm./hand along with parasthesia. I request you to consult a neurologist to resolve this issue Hope this clarifies your query Dr Gopal K Dash Consultant Neurologist Narayana Hrudayalaya Hospital, Bangalore, India