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Pinched Nerve In Neck
Cervical radiculopathy is commonly described as pinched nerve in the neck. Nerves in the neck gets compressed/irritated referring pain down the arm, between shoulder blades, shoulder, neck area. Apart from pain, neck stiffness, tingling, numbness, weakness, pins and needles could also be experienced. Most common causes of nerve impingement are disc bulge/herniation and bone spurs. Nerves in our neck passes through rigid narrow canals as they exit the spinal cord. When the disc in your neck bulge they decrease the space in the rigid canal or increase the pressure- this leads to inflammation on the nerves. Since the nerve travels all the way down the arm to finger tips, symptoms are not confined to just neck! Poor posture increases the risk of putting undue stress on your nerves. Prolong sitting in slouched posture at work/driving tend to increase the stress coming onto disks in spine. The pressure built up could eventually irritate the nerves referring symptoms down the arm.
How can Registered Physiotherapy help?
Education - Registered Physiotherapist will educate you on the neck movement or activities (awkward sleeping/sitting postures) that further increases stress over nerves in neck and exacerbate your symptoms.Pain Management - Registered Physiotherapist in Mississauga will use different modalities (Interferential Electrical Stimulation, Acupuncture) to help you with your pain. IFC helps in pain relief by stimulation nerves and relaxing tense muscles in your neck. Acupuncture helps to decrease the inflammation over the nerve and promote healing. It enhances the natural ability of your body to heal by stimulating the deeper nerves in your neck.
Manual therapy - It’s a manual treatment technique performed by Registered Physiotherapist in Mississauga. Registered Physiotherapist depending on their assessment findings and your level of tolerance might use gentle manual traction to decrease the pressure coming onto the nerves. This will alleviate the pain by decreasing the compression on the nerves. Registered Physiotherapist might also perform techniques to open up the canal through which the nerve exits the spinal cord. this drastically helps to decrease undue pressure coming onto nerve as the foramen are widened. Registered Physiotherapist will release the tension in your neck muscles that would decrease stiffness in your neck. compression
Posture Correction Exercises- Correct a lignment of your spine will prevent any undue tension on your neck muscles and nerves. Exercises for your posture will also help in correct alignment of your neck- thus decreasing undue stresses coming onto ligaments and spinal nerves. Being in correct posture prevents any undue spinal muscle fatigue.
Muscle strengthening
- Muscles around your wrist tend to become weak will develop some tightness secondary to injury. Registered Physiotherapist in Mississauga will prescribe exercises that would strengthen your neck and postural muscles.
Preventing recurrences- Registered Physiotherapist will educate you on strategies to prevent recurrences of pinched nerve Use of assistive devices -Use of cervical pillow at night and lumbar roll while sitting at desk/car. Proper Posture - Regularly doing corrective exercises for your posture helps to maintain the spine in alignment. Ergonomic advice- use of handsfree phone, adjusting monitor distance are few ways to prevent undue stress coming on the neck.
Preventing recurrences- Registered Physiotherapist will educate you on strategies to prevent recurrences of pinched nerve Use of assistive devices -Use of cervical pillow at night and lumbar roll while sitting at desk/car. Proper Posture - Regularly doing corrective exercises for your posture helps to maintain the spine in alignment. Ergonomic advice- use of handsfree phone, adjusting monitor distance are few ways to prevent undue stress coming on the neck.
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