Suffering from a Bone Spur in Your Neck? Contact LSI to Learn About Your Treatment Options

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Suffering from a Bone Spur in Your Neck? Contact LSI to Learn About Your Treatment Options

There are few things more frustrating than a bone spur in your neck. These painful little growths can leave you reeling in pain with no relief in sight, and the worst part is they seem to creep up out of nowhere. Fortunately, a person suffering from bone spurs has a few options at their disposal, and pain relief is attainable.

The name “bone spur” is in many ways a misnomer—it conjures up an image of a sharp barb, digging mercilessly into your neck—but this isn’t exactly accurate. While a spur can feel like a massive thorn, in reality it is nothing more than a smooth growth on the surface of the bone, created to repair damaged bone. Also known as osteophytes, these growths are usually asymptomatic but can cause problems when the spur irritates another bone, some neighboring soft tissue, or a nerve root.

A bone spur in the neck can be caused by a number of sources, including:

Degenerative disc disease
Osteoarthritis
Traumatic injury
Poor posture
Tendinitis
Normal aging
And more

Treatment options for bone spurs vary depending on the severity of the pain-related symptoms experienced by the patient. In most instances, a physician will attempt to manage the discomfort with a combination of anti-inflammatory medication, strengthening exercises, and heat. However, if pain should persist through conservative treatment, elective neck surgery becomes in an option. If this is your prognosis, contact the award-winning team at Laser Spine Institute (LSI) to learn about an alternative to open neck surgery, known as endoscopic spine surgery.

These minimally invasive, outpatient procedures treat bone spurs with a computer-guided laser, providing meaningful pain relief without the hospitalization, painful recovery and lengthy rehabilitation of open neck surgery.

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