INFOpmi zona 13 Locarno - Neck pain

Cervicalgia, or pain in the cervical spine, affects 60% of the population at least once in their lifetime. It is a self-limiting, localised pain in the back of the neck, the origin of which is muscular most of the time. Rarely linked to a pathology of the cervical spine, cervicalgia can be generated by a herniated cervical disc and, then, presents symptoms other than trivial neck pain. In fact, the most characteristic symptom of cervical hernia is cervicalgia: 'Localised in the centre or slightly to the side, this pain is often so severe that it causes stiffness of the neck itself and a limitation of its movement. This is because the hernia pushes on the nerve and causes a pain that also radiates to the arm, following the path of the entire nerve'.

Speaking is Dr Thomas Robert, a specialist in neurosurgery and active at the Spinal Column Centre at the Clinica Ars Medica in Gravesano, who also mentions the even more critical situation: "In the case of cervical hernias that invade the space reserved for the spinal cord, the symptomatology is more severe, sometimes even disabling, and the patient usually complains of tingling and a sense of numbness in the torso and down the legs, fine motor problems in the hands and arms, awkward gait and a tendency to stumble, and balance and coordination deficits".

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