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The joint between the head and the neck is known as the Craniovertebral Junction. This is a complex area of your body as it is where the brain transitions to your spinal cord that sends all of the messages from the brain to the rest of the body through nerves, whilst also being surrounded by many muscles, ligaments and tendons that can becomes injured or sprained.
Cervical radiculopathy is also known as a trapped/pinched nerve. It is caused by a compression of the nerves within the spinal cord (between the vertebrae) between C1 to C7 all of which are vertebrae that run down long the spine…
Cervical stenosis is a common cause of neck pain. It happens as there are changes with the vertebrae of the neck and the joints between those vertebrae. Bone spurs are bony lumps that grow around the spine begin to form…
Herniated disk occurs when the soft jelly like in texture centre of the vertebras known as the nucleus pushes against the bone part of the vertebrae. This causes the nucleus to bulge out of the disk, towards the spinal canal…
Forearm The forearm is often used for everyday tasks and many types of sports and thus the muscles in the arms can be become strained as a result of overuse. For a wide range of reasons such as, overworking yourself…
Head & Neck Whiplash is a neck injury that has been caused by a strong force that causes back and forth movement of the neck such as car collision but can also often be caused by sports injury such as…
