what to do when you got know you have cervical spondylosis.
KNOW what is cervical spondylosis.
1.It comes from two words cervical and spondylosis.Cervical term is used to denote first seven vertebra of spinal column present in your neck.
2.Spondylosis comes from spindulos( means vertebra) and osis(means denoting a process or condition.denoting a pathological state like neurosis, metamorphosis)
3.Cervical spondylosis is a chronic degenerative condition of the cervical spine(doesnot always mean that all 7 vertebra are degenerating) that affects the vertebral bodies(in the form of spurs) and intervertebral discs(in the form of disc herniation)
4.Spondylosis progresses with age and often develops at multiple interspaces.
5.Chronic cervical degeneration is the most common cause of progressive spinal cord and nerve root compression.
6.Spinal canal stenosis can lead to myelopathy whereas the latter 2(stenosis at lateral recess and foramina) can cause radiculopathy.
7.Pathophysiology
A.Intervertebral disks lose hydration and elasticity with age, and these losses lead to cracks and fissures.
B.The surrounding ligaments also lose their elastic properties and develop traction spurs/
C.The disk subsequently collapses as a result of biomechanical incompetence, causing the annulus to bulge outward.
D.As the disk space narrows, the annulus bulges, and the facets override.
E.This change, in turn, increases motion at that spinal segment and further hastens the damage to the disk.
F.Annulus fissures and herniation may occur. Acute disk herniation may complicate chronic spondylotic changes.
AT SPINAL CANAL
1.As the annulus bulges, the cross-sectional area of the canal is narrowed.
2.Neck extension causes the ligaments to fold inward, reducing the anteroposterior (AP) diameter of the spinal canal.
AT FORAMEN
1.As disk degeneration occurs, the uncinate process overrides and hypertrophies, compromising the ventrolateral portion of the foramen.
2. Facet hypertrophy decreases the dorsolateral aspect of the foramen.
3. This change contributes to the radiculopathy
WHAT EXACERBATES THIS PROCESS OF DEGENERATION
Additional stresses, such as trauma or long-term heavy use.
Marginal osteophytes begin to develop.
WHICH PATHOLOGICAL PROCESS LIMIT FURTHER DETERIORATION MECHANISM?
These osteophytes stabilize the vertebral bodies adjacent to the level of the degenerating disk and increase the weight-bearing surface of the vertebral endplates
WHICH PATHOLOGICAL PROCESS LIMIT FURTHER DETERIORATION MECHANISM?
LiMITED motion because of degeneration of joint surfaces and ligaments
I would add some pictures later to make it more comprehensible.
KNOW what is cervical spondylosis.
1.It comes from two words cervical and spondylosis.Cervical term is used to denote first seven vertebra of spinal column present in your neck.
2.Spondylosis comes from spindulos( means vertebra) and osis(means denoting a process or condition.denoting a pathological state like neurosis, metamorphosis)
3.Cervical spondylosis is a chronic degenerative condition of the cervical spine(doesnot always mean that all 7 vertebra are degenerating) that affects the vertebral bodies(in the form of spurs) and intervertebral discs(in the form of disc herniation)
4.Spondylosis progresses with age and often develops at multiple interspaces.
5.Chronic cervical degeneration is the most common cause of progressive spinal cord and nerve root compression.
6.Spinal canal stenosis can lead to myelopathy whereas the latter 2(stenosis at lateral recess and foramina) can cause radiculopathy.
7.Pathophysiology
A.Intervertebral disks lose hydration and elasticity with age, and these losses lead to cracks and fissures.
B.The surrounding ligaments also lose their elastic properties and develop traction spurs/
C.The disk subsequently collapses as a result of biomechanical incompetence, causing the annulus to bulge outward.
D.As the disk space narrows, the annulus bulges, and the facets override.
E.This change, in turn, increases motion at that spinal segment and further hastens the damage to the disk.
F.Annulus fissures and herniation may occur. Acute disk herniation may complicate chronic spondylotic changes.
AT SPINAL CANAL
1.As the annulus bulges, the cross-sectional area of the canal is narrowed.
2.Neck extension causes the ligaments to fold inward, reducing the anteroposterior (AP) diameter of the spinal canal.
AT FORAMEN
1.As disk degeneration occurs, the uncinate process overrides and hypertrophies, compromising the ventrolateral portion of the foramen.
2. Facet hypertrophy decreases the dorsolateral aspect of the foramen.
3. This change contributes to the radiculopathy
WHAT EXACERBATES THIS PROCESS OF DEGENERATION
Additional stresses, such as trauma or long-term heavy use.
Marginal osteophytes begin to develop.
WHICH PATHOLOGICAL PROCESS LIMIT FURTHER DETERIORATION MECHANISM?
These osteophytes stabilize the vertebral bodies adjacent to the level of the degenerating disk and increase the weight-bearing surface of the vertebral endplates
WHICH PATHOLOGICAL PROCESS LIMIT FURTHER DETERIORATION MECHANISM?
LiMITED motion because of degeneration of joint surfaces and ligaments
I would add some pictures later to make it more comprehensible.
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