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How to Tell if Neck Pain Is Neck Arthritis

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Grant Cooper, MD, is an interventional spine and joint...

Grant Cooper

Wednesday, March 25, 2009
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Imagine holding a bowling ball all day, everyday, over your head.  Can you feel your shoulder muscles getting sore?  Can you imagine walking to work, sitting at your computer, cleaning your house, playing with your kids, and all the time holding that bowling ball over your head?  Well,...
  1. the cause?
    Lawrence Gold
    Monday, March 30, 2009 at 01:37 PM

    Neck arthritis isn't a cause, but an effect -- usually the sign of overcompression of neck vertebrae by habituated reflexive contraction of neck muscles, commonly triggered by an injury.  Think whiplash.  Even after the tissue has healed from the initial injury, the reflexive contraction may (and commonly does) persist, sometimes for decades.  The key concept to understand is "habituation."  The overcompression leads to disc breakdown, facet joint damage, headaches, and sometimes, dizziness (reflexively caused, "cervicogenic" dizziness -- see somatics.com/conditions.htm).

     

    For more, read about whiplash injuries and headaches at somatics.com/page4.htm.

     

    You'll find that these articles make sense and clarify certain mysteries of neck injuries.

     

    Lawrence Gold

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The breakdown of cartilage in the knee can lead to bony protrusions called spurs and considerable joint pain.

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