Why does neck or back pain keep coming back even after massage, physiotherapy, injections or painkillers? Because relieving the symptoms and addressing the underlying factors aren’t always the same thing. Pressure, inflammation, swelling, joint changes and nerve irritation may all play a

Are your hands getting weaker, numb or tingly or are you suddenly dropping things more often? These symptoms can have different causes. But when they appear together with neck symptoms or changes in balance, cervical spinal cord compression is one possibility that deserves proper assessme

Pain travelling down your leg? This can have different causes. One possibility is irritation or pressure affecting a nerve in your lumbar spine. An MRI may reveal disc changes or narrowing but the scan alone cannot confirm exactly what is causing your symptoms. If the pain persists, or

Neck pain travelling into your shoulder, arm or hand together with numbness, tingling, burning or a weaker grip may involve more than tight muscles. A cervical MRI can reveal disc degeneration, bulging, narrowing or bone spurs that may affect nearby nerves or the spinal cord. However, th

If your spine could improve without going straight to surg@ry would that be worth exploring? Most people chase the nerve pain. But as a disc loses nutrients and thins out, it stops holding its space and starts pressing on the nerve. That pressure is where the symptoms come from. Take t

Stiff neck every morning. Headaches that creep up the back of your head. A numb, tingling arm. After 40, this is often wear and tear in the neck not just a bad pillow. Most people I speak to have already tried painkillers, chiropractic, nerve tablets, traction. It helps for a few days,