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Having Pain In Neck And Joints Due To Disc Deplacement. Not Satisfied With The Treatment

I have pane in my neck left side and feeling numbness in left hand and also pain on joints of left side back. I got the MRI . The report says: 1. Minimal posterior osteophyte-disc complex noted at c6 c7 level. 2. Mild posterior osteophyte-posterior and left paracentral disc bulge noted at c5 c6 level indenting thecal sac. I am undergoing a treatment of 5 days and through medicine a got some relief but not fully satisfied. What is going wrong in my neck and hand?
Tue, 26 Apr 2011
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its a age related osteophytic growth of vertebrae , thats compressing a nerve originating from ur spinal cord , nothing to worry a soft cervical collar use may help u . try it out.
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Having Pain In Neck And Joints Due To Disc Deplacement. Not Satisfied With The Treatment

its a age related osteophytic growth of vertebrae , thats compressing a nerve originating from ur spinal cord , nothing to worry a soft cervical collar use may help u . try it out.