Suffering from a Neck Spur and Considering Your Options?

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Suffering from a Neck Spur and Considering Your Options?

If you are stricken with a painful neck spur, options for treatment are probably at the forefront of your mind. Arriving seemingly out of nowhere, these pesky growths can leave you with a variety of nasty symptoms that require medical attention. But before it can be treated, it is important to understand the cause. So what is a neck spur? How can you tell if you have one? And what can you do to treat it?

A neck spur, also known as an osteophyte, is a growth of bone tissue on the surface of one of the vertebrae in the cervical spine. These growths develop as a way for the body to repair damaged bone and only become symptomatic in the event that they irritate neighboring tissue or nerves.

Common symptoms can include:

Chronic, local neck pain
Unexpected muscle weakness in the shoulders, elbows and wrists
Numbness and tingling in the arms
Pain radiating along a nerve
Excessive stiffness and soreness
And more

Depending on the severity of symptoms, neck spur treatment options generally boil down to either conservative management or surgical intervention. In most cases, pain that stems from a neck spur can be managed conservatively, with non-surgical treatment. Anti-inflammatory medication, strengthening exercises and rest are all effective treatments for a bone spur. However, some patients fail to respond to this course of action, and more aggressive neck spur treatment options are required.

Contact Laser Spine Institute (LSI) to learn about endoscopic spine surgery as a minimally invasive alternative to neck pain. Using state-of-the-art, lasers, our world-renowned orthopedic surgeons are able to address the source of your pain with unmatched precision in a fraction of the time required for traditional open neck surgery.

We are happy to provide you with a completely free review of your MRI or CT scan and help you sort through your neck spur treatment options at one of our conveniently located offices. Call today to schedule a consultation.

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