Thank you! I have suffered from Cervical Spondylosis for 15 years and have been treated by many specialty Doctors and not one, has ever offered me this much information regarding the dos and don'ts pertaing to my diagnosis. Amazing! Thank goodness for Doctors like you who are willing to share information on TH-cam. Many thanks again.
Thank for this important information sharing with us I m suffering neck pain with cervical sponylosis for over 30 years I never had a clear explanation like that I wish we have more doctors like Dr Mendel ❤🙏
liked the words you used......MOTHER-NATURE....truly we all forget what immense and endless gifts she has gifted to us....we distort ourselves as well as HER too....
Thanks doc! A truck lost its load on the highway causing a multi-car accident. My car got hit from behind by an out of control car and that sent me into a bridge abutment at about 60 MPH. My Acura had progressive crumple zones so I lived. In the places where the seat belt crossed my spine I had serious injury. My neck has cervical spondylosis (stage four). I have had very beneficial chiropractic adjustments. To my happy surprise, I have also had positive results with acupuncture treatment. I know my limitations and I am grateful for your extremely helpful advice.
Thank you for this! I just got my MRI results and was about to go to my chiropractor to be adjusted to see if I could get relief. I will definitely wAit now.
I spent 32 years sitting in front of a radar scope (or screen as they are now called), controlling aircraft. Each session was up to 2.5 hours before getting a 30 min break, then back at it again; 8-10 hours a day. We are allowed to retire earlier than most, as early as 50 yrs, 56 as a maximum age. Besides the toll shiftwork takes on the body our posture definitely affected many of us. I’m 57 now and recently had surgery to fuse C-6 and 7 after developing cervical radiculopathy. Also have carpel tunnel....overweight, high blood pressure...the list goes on....loved the job despite all of this. Now I’m having lower back pain and sciatica, hope I can find permanent relief soon. Seattle Air Route Traffic Control Center...”SX”
Your correct Doc.Mandell..now i suffered sciatica Lumbar pain I'm a painter in restoration of antique furniture setting down for a long period of time I suffered lumbar sciatica problem.
Dr.mandell ...i really appreciated the fact that you tackle so many health problems in such a beautiful & direct way always trying of teaching people to might get better & most at least not to become worse I'm considering your videos as of great humanitarian work on easing around the globe the major human pain effect it's good thing your attitude view on so many topics applies to help pain when it gets tough & I can only say GOD BLESS YOU .
Dr, I am 70. And I am diagnosed with this ailment. Hopefully with all the clues you give me would be of great help so I am aware of the dos and don’ts I and be more careful with all the aches that I already have. Thanks Doctor!
Thank you dear Doc and HAPPY NEW YEAR ! I suffer this now at 67, and one factor in cause has been riding motorcycles for 50 years. Just a note there... when you ride TRY to keep your spine straight to absorb all those shocks evenly...
Have been dealing with chroic neck pain for 9 months. Tried chiropractor, now doing PT and yoga. Love watching Motivational Doc; your recommendations have helped tremendously. What are your feelings about dry needling? Been receiving that as well from skilled physical therapist. Went to one PT and neck was worse after those sessions. Also, developed tinnitus on side with neck issues. For someone who's been plant based for 17 years and very active physically, this has been frustrating.
Dear dr seriously putting these videos out for us as we are so so thankful even though it’s not your latest one your so many videos that we can’t see them all at once I can not thank you enough you are such a thoughtful dr and I reckon everyone treasures you as much as dollar’s like me, god bless you and your family for you love and care❤️💕
Thank you for making this video, Dr. Mandell. I've been looking for videos regarding cervical DISH. In my research, I found more information on bone spurs than I did DISH. I currently see two chiropractors. I have calcification of the anterior longitudinal ligament. I have DISH in C3,4,5,6. One chiropractor manually adjusts my neck, and the other uses her old school stem gun? I've also had adjustments with the activator in the past. I do not have any pain, but more of my C2 not wanting to stay in alignment. I was diagnosed in 2014. I read that changes in the x-rays can occur around 5 years, so I am sure to get recent x-rays every 5 years. My dish has not changed in 5 years. I can say, growing up, I always had forward head carriage. Birth trauma? Perhaps. But posture is so crucial. Foam roller is nice to lay on and stimulate the spine, gently. FYI for all who read this, coping with this condition - I just found out that fluoride causes soft tissue to harden. So, I now drink distilled water only. Thank you for all your videos.
I reckon I have bone degeneration and that's what has given me this terrible nerve pain over the past, coming up 2 months! "Silent" is right, it came out of nowhere! Boy, do I regret spending over two decades of my life with bad posture and way too much screen time! I haven't gone to see a specialist yet, I am learning from people like yourself and also am listening to binaural beats to help speed up the healing process. Have also started taking daily turmeric supplements to help with inflammation and have many books I will be reading about improving our health naturally, and also via diet! I would like to know exactly what is causing my nerve pain, but I heard (maybe through you?) that it's not always what am MRI shows. Also, why freak me out? What's done is done. I want to focus on the solution, not the problem now. Will bring yoga back into my daily life again soon. There's still hope for healing and I choose to believe that I will come out of this feeling more healthy and empowered than ever before! 😀 I wish the same for everyone who has experienced pain of any sort! ❤
Thank you Doctor you are a true blessing. I've been watching your video for the last 7 months and it really helped me in my cervical spondylosis. The problem I have sometime I worry about the next flare up and I know I shouldn't think like that
When I was twelve years old I was forced to jog during physical education classes. After about five minutes jogging, I always felt such pain in my right arm, it felt as if it were about to dislocate from my shoulder. I couldn’t continue jogging because of this pain. The teacher punished me every class for that. She couldn’t believe me. I knew somehow my arm was affected by the motions of jogging, but no doctor believed me. Fortunately, my parents knew I wasn’t lying.
Guilty of so many, unknowing for so many years the trauma being caused and now in my 30s with neck arthritis....😔. Carrying heavy loads, walking with them for hours...sleeping on tummy, being hunched over, looking down alot......sigh.
Thank you for educating me on my condition. When I first started having the neck cracking, popping, stiffness and pain, I felt as if "something was out of place," and began looking for a chiropractor. Fortunately, I chickened out, and consulted my GP who sent me for a series of x-rays, and thus the diagnosis of cervical DDD. I am learning so much from your channel.
At 04:54 is exactly what I do for a living. I’m a transportation coordinator and constantly looking up, down, holding the phone with my shoulder while I type and now I have cervical spondylosis with radiculopathy. I’ve had C3 - C5 replaced, C6 - C8 fused and I just had posterior surgery with rods and screws in between each vertebrae and he fixed some bone deformity in my upper back. The incisions was from the middle of the back of my head to the bottom of my shoulder blades. Hands down, one of the hardest surgeries I’ve had to recover from. I still have some numbness, but it’s not as painful.
Thank you so much Dr Mandel as I was suffering for how many years looking for answer where are this pain coming from and now its all clear to me and start to follow your advice and recommendation, at first try, my pain started to go away already, hoping that it will go and finally not come back anymore...God Bless
I'm greatful for you ,You 're the most adorable human bing on earth and i love your brilliant informative this just blew my mind .Thank you so much for all your efforts!!!! God bless you.
Thanks. I don't have this problem, yet.But I will try to watch my upper back posture, to postpone such problems developing. I have Scheremann's disease and other spinal issues further down the spine, so I will look out for your other videos on other parts of the spine.
Re injuries to neck infusion, 2007, then 2017, at work,tripped,spun, slammed neck against file cabinet, M RI, showed, the infusion was crushed, 2024 no relief, frustrated, depressed, myheadfeel like a flat tire, still moving😢😢😢
Thank you so much for your information. I am suffering so badly from cervical spondylosis. My life is like hell. This cervical spondylosis led me to suffer from blood pressure, ear problems, TMJ issues, migraine, eye pain and what not. These I'll have to carry till my death. 🖤
You are not alone . I am suffering too like dat. Until I dun wan to talk to my family members about how I am feeling. Because each wen someone calls to find out how I am . It's always somewhere in my body is having pain. I feel so sad at times.
Get prolotherapy injections in your neck it will take those symptoms away. And stablize your neck. You have to get someone who's a real specialist in it. You dont have to live like that the rest of your life. Go up here on you tube dr Ross Hauser and look at his videos on it. Hes an expert in it. I had him do mines. @ shade of my life . Go check his videos out on prolotherapy . I went to him it stabilize my neck and took many symptoms away.
motivationaldoc thanks for saying if you have this condition not to have your neck adjusted. I had a chiropractor make my neck much worse doing this. I won't let anyone do that to my neck again.
Fantastic explanation, I have all these bad habits, and result is neck hump and tinitus ☹ Just place your mobiles on roof, and sleep straight and use remote control of phones😇
Is it beneficial to rotate one's neck slowly side to side on the floor to stretch one's neck muscles? Could you do a video about dos and don'ts in the gym? Resistance exercises that are good and bad for this condition? That would be greatly appreciated. Thank you.
Thank you thank you for another great video. I am a ride share driver and have noticed more discomfort through back and recently on neck area. I've since watching your video adjusted my car seat and steering wheel and how I hold my cell etc. Today (Thursday) I am relieved of this discomfort. Thank you a million.
I have suffered with AS for over 35 years, my cervical spine is causing me a lot of issues and pain. Would you be able to recommend any exercises or therapy to alleviate my pain? Thank you for this informative video. It’s by far the best I have ever seen.
Becky Spangler Sims...everyones experience is different. It makes a huge difference what you did to your back and when. My surgery left me disabled. If the docs catch a problem soon enough, they say you have a better chance of recovering. This is a very broad range and includes alot of details.
Dr. Mandell, I have been watching your video for a long time. I do have bone spurs, as you describe it is very painful. Thanks for providing some advise what we should not be doing to aggravate the pain.
Me, i can say do not take steroids like Medrol, it made me more weak and cause rapid weight gain plus other bad symptoms. I am trying to heal now, no thanks to doctors or neurologists, they just want to medicate you. I ice/heat every night and take natural supplements for inflammation plus I started doing red light therapy, not completely healed but doing better!
Please please do a video on exercises for cervical spondylolisthesis. There are 0 online always addressing it in the lumbar and not the neck. I have it at c7. Thanks
Thanks for the video Doc. What recommendations do you have to kick the bad habit of cracking ones neck? And any suggestions on who to see for overall help. Head tilts side to side and it cracks. I have a bulging disk on C4-C5 from a dive jump 75ft-I’ve never been the same. I found out because of it I have narrowing (spondylosis) on my L5-S1. I’ve been to PT hasn’t help, I get massages doesn’t help, I am active, I do mindfulness practices, sauna, heat and cold contrasts and rest but still struggling-pain everyday including migraines.
Hi i love your videos. 😍Would the Rolfing method ( concentrating on head, neck, shoulders) be a good support for an active someone who has osteoarthritis in the neck? They have no pain at the moment, just a slight radiculopathy in thumb. (MRI shows no pathology….basically wear and tear OSA) Thank you in advance
I have cervical spondylosis. As well as sero negative Ankylosing Spondylitis but no fusing in my neck just in S.I. joints. Should I not use a pillow and try to sleep straight and on my back? P.S. I just found you yesterday and I have subscribed and liked your FB page. I look forward to hearing all the tips you have to help me feel better and prevent further damage.
I see a Physiatrist who treats me, does Trigger point injections, and refers me to a doc who does the other injections in my neck and back. Mostly, Facet now, but I've got such bad DDD and Arthritis it's not funny. I use everything together, the exercises are great, because not one thing helps. I've got 3, 2 level Fusions. Two Lumbar and one Cervical. I am probably getting another Fusion Thoracic and Cervical. Now, I've never tried Accupuncture, yet, I can't do Chiropractic, with all the metal. It gets so frustrating sometimes. You know what really helped , I had a deep tissue massage, it got rid of all the knots and lasted a long time, I need another one soon, good luck to all of to all of you!!!👍👏🙅
Lava Girl I highly recommend optp.com for proper sleeping pillows and more. Don’t buy physical therapy products on amazon as you will be likely to receive products that are not safely tested, of poor quality or counterfeit that could cause you more damage/pain.
I appreciate your video as I been looking all over the internet for the question, can I go to a chiropractor for degenerative cervical symptoms. As my mid back is fused do to scoliosis but my neck is still flexible. Again I've been looking all over TH-cam for my question for the last 12 months thank you Dr. Mandell
26 year old here, recently diagnosed. Aside from the terrible, intense pain that does not go away even with opioid medication, I've also been having cognitive issues such as poor concentration, poor memory, lethargy, difficulty formulating thoughts and speaking, and overall an intense brain fog that feels like I'm chronically doped up on tranquilizers and that does not go away and is completely undermining my life. Is there anything that can be done about the cognitive symptoms or am I SOL for the rest of my life??
Very interesting a lot of those I don't do.. went to see another specialist she didn't care about my poor posture or my extra cervical ribs my left one is causing problems right one isn't.l tried to get a scalene blocked she said NO even to X-rays, NO to everything..my doctor tried ..all I'm trying to do is have a normal life again, but I'm losing function arm, hand fingers. Tennis elbow cannot use kitchen essentials even dig a hole in garden... so that's me end of my life what fun enjoy I'll never have again I don't think it's fair at all...😢☹
Dr Alan Mandell, I would like to share my predicament with Cervical Spondylosis and Radiculopathy (with substantial spurs noted) C4,5,6 & 7, as diagnosed by Doctors at a Public Hospital here, in Singapore. The onset of symptoms were insidious, it began in 2017 and became intolerable this year, March of 2018, with radiating pain from the neck through in between my left shoulder blade, down to my left arm mostly, tingling and a very thick sense of numbness affecting my Ulna, and then spreading over to my right arm and numbing my right hand's thumb and first index finger. Doctors are affirmative that Surgery is THE ONLY way to remedy my problem, citing up to TWO discs which they say must be replaced and gave me 6 weeks to consider (both the economic implications and risks involved). So, what I did was surf the Internet and TH-cam and found YOU, Dr Alan Mandell. Thanks to you, I dug deeper and discovered WHY my OA had given me such grave implications. You did mention the benefits of drinking WATER, and from my various other online investigations, and comparing the MRI images I have of my Cervical Spine managed to pinpoint how I have gotten to this point in my life; I drank little water, was never in the habit of hydrating myself and only took sips of whatever drinks or water for decades, and only drank more when I am out in the sun. With this realization, that disc degeneration is basically due to loss of water in the discs as we age, I started drinking yesterday morning, finishing a one liter bottle of Dasani in the morning between 10am to 1pm and, voila...the pain stopped, the tingling became a fuzzy light buzz, the numbness in both arms thinned out, strength returned to my badly affected left arm, and I am now able to turn my neck left or right and look up like nothing happened. However, I can still feel that the nerves impinged upon prior to re-hydration are still a little sore but do not feel inflamed---I can tell a healing ache from an inflamed pain. So for all the medications given to me; Ibuprofen, Gabapentin, Pregabalin, and eperisone, to deal with the pain inflammation and muscle spasms, only WATER worked perfectly! Is there a way for me to show you one image from my MRI done recently? It looks terrible, but now after just one day (yesterday) of Water Drinking Therapy, it feels like there is nothing wrong!
C Jay Goh hi Jay, I’m also living in Singapore... and started to have bad headaches, pain and numbness in my left arm and sometimes left chest for 1 week. I went to polyclinic and doctor recommended physiotherapy for my cervical spondylosis. May I ask how you are coping with it so far? Any advice is greatly appreciated... Thank You very much.
Dr. Mandell, I hope you see this and respond. Have you done any videos about low level laser and neck pain? I'm sure you know there are several studies regarding its efficacy.
I diagnosed with degeneration and I am very healthy guy with all my activities. One day got up from Ned with stiff neck and that last for 7 days then this cervical pain to left shoulder area started with radiating down to left arm. I went for physiotherapy and therapist told not to do exercises till pain gone with help of heating pad. , if I am getting pain in backward moves not to forward move then what exercise I need to follow. I m reported with degenerative changes in anterior n lateral marginal osteophyte and straightening of cervical spine due to muscular spasm.
Hi my name is Scott Roy I was struck in the back of that neck 20 years ago by four sets of hanging lights and factory couldn't move my head left or right for six months it's been 20 years now past couple years I've taken a turn for the worst and many many doctors throughout the years I think I've been misdiagnosed I really like to hear from you maybe possibly recommend doing someone who knows what you're doing
I hope this comment will be noticed. I have cervical spondylosis. When I lie down on the bed my back and my arm begin to pain. What should I do? I can't sleep because of this pain.
*Get an orthopedic pillow *Check and work on your sleeping, walking, sitting and standing postures *Go for massage often *Eat foods rich in vitamins B6 and B12 *Get enough rest *Cut off anxiety and stay positive *Cut off excess body weight if you are fat *Do mild, spondylosis friendly exercises I want to assure you that gradually you'll be fine. Take care.
Thank you! I have suffered from Cervical Spondylosis for 15 years and have been treated by many specialty Doctors and not one, has ever offered me this much information regarding the dos and don'ts pertaing to my diagnosis. Amazing! Thank goodness for Doctors like you who are willing to share information on TH-cam. Many thanks again.
how old were u when u were diagnosed?
Same here..no improvement. Allopathy, herbal, ayurveda, acupuncture, cupping, massage.
But never recovered
Thank for this important information sharing with us I m suffering neck pain with cervical sponylosis for over 30 years I never had a clear explanation like that I wish we have more doctors like Dr Mendel ❤🙏
Don't EVER allow a Chiropractor to adjust your neck without first having x-rays done and reviewed.
liked the words you used......MOTHER-NATURE....truly we all forget what immense and endless gifts she has gifted to us....we distort ourselves as well as HER too....
Thanks doc! A truck lost its load on the highway causing a multi-car accident. My car got hit from behind by an out of control car and that sent me into a bridge abutment at about 60 MPH. My Acura had progressive crumple zones so I lived. In the places where the seat belt crossed my spine I had serious injury. My neck has cervical spondylosis (stage four). I have had very beneficial chiropractic adjustments. To my happy surprise, I have also had positive results with acupuncture treatment. I know my limitations and I am grateful for your extremely helpful advice.
I have improved my posture after seeing your videos. Thank you Dr Mandell.
Ooh!! i have this problem how have you done father
Thank you! The 60lbs of weight diagram shocked me and motivated me to improve my posture
Thank you for this! I just got my MRI results and was about to go to my chiropractor to be adjusted to see if I could get relief. I will definitely wAit now.
I spent 32 years sitting in front of a radar scope (or screen as they are now called), controlling aircraft. Each session was up to 2.5 hours before getting a 30 min break, then back at it again; 8-10 hours a day. We are allowed to retire earlier than most, as early as 50 yrs, 56 as a maximum age. Besides the toll shiftwork takes on the body our posture definitely affected many of us. I’m 57 now and recently had surgery to fuse C-6 and 7 after developing cervical radiculopathy. Also have carpel tunnel....overweight, high blood pressure...the list goes on....loved the job despite all of this. Now I’m having lower back pain and sciatica, hope I can find permanent relief soon. Seattle Air Route Traffic Control Center...”SX”
you would hope that they invent scopes that can be viewed without creating all that stress on peoples necks.
How are you doing today, 2 years later?
Your correct Doc.Mandell..now i suffered sciatica Lumbar pain I'm a painter in restoration of antique furniture setting down for a long period of time I suffered lumbar sciatica problem.
Dr.mandell ...i really appreciated the fact that you tackle so many health problems in such a beautiful & direct way always trying of teaching people to might get better & most at least not to become worse I'm considering your videos as of great humanitarian work on easing around the globe the major human pain effect it's good thing your attitude view on so many topics applies to help pain when it gets tough & I can only say GOD BLESS YOU .
Thanks ! You are great 👍
Can you tell us any exercises to revert the cervical spondylitis please and for disc in the lumber
Dr, I am 70. And I am diagnosed with this ailment. Hopefully with all the clues you give me would be of great help so I am aware of the dos and don’ts I and be more careful with all the aches that I already have. Thanks Doctor!
Take supplements for cartilage regeneration!!
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Thanks doctor I surfer with cervical spondylosis you are a blessing
Thank you dear Doc and HAPPY NEW YEAR ! I suffer this now at 67, and one factor in cause has been riding motorcycles for 50 years. Just a note there... when you ride TRY to keep your spine straight to absorb all those shocks evenly...
Have been dealing with chroic neck pain for 9 months. Tried chiropractor, now doing PT and yoga. Love watching Motivational Doc; your recommendations have helped tremendously. What are your feelings about dry needling? Been receiving that as well from skilled physical therapist. Went to one PT and neck was worse after those sessions. Also, developed tinnitus on side with neck issues. For someone who's been plant based for 17 years and very active physically, this has been frustrating.
You offer great information on this subject that I never heard from my doctors or physical therapists on this issue I have. Thank you 💕
Dear dr seriously putting these videos out for us as we are so so thankful even though it’s not your latest one your so many videos that we can’t see them all at once I can not thank you enough you are such a thoughtful dr and I reckon everyone treasures you as much as dollar’s like me, god bless you and your family for you love and care❤️💕
Thank you for making this video, Dr. Mandell. I've been looking for videos regarding cervical DISH. In my research, I found more information on bone spurs than I did DISH. I currently see two chiropractors. I have calcification of the anterior longitudinal ligament. I have DISH in C3,4,5,6. One chiropractor manually adjusts my neck, and the other uses her old school stem gun? I've also had adjustments with the activator in the past. I do not have any pain, but more of my C2 not wanting to stay in alignment. I was diagnosed in 2014. I read that changes in the x-rays can occur around 5 years, so I am sure to get recent x-rays every 5 years. My dish has not changed in 5 years. I can say, growing up, I always had forward head carriage. Birth trauma? Perhaps. But posture is so crucial. Foam roller is nice to lay on and stimulate the spine, gently. FYI for all who read this, coping with this condition - I just found out that fluoride causes soft tissue to harden. So, I now drink distilled water only. Thank you for all your videos.
I was suffering from cervical mylopathy... thanks doctor that I took medicine and doing exercises and recovering very fast
What medicine & exercises did you do?
You didn't have to undergo surgery to relieve or reverse the myelopathy?
@@davemay6014 Try magnesium glycinate it helps
I give you a thumbs up even before you start, because I know your information is always something I can use immediately! Thanks again Doc!!!
I reckon I have bone degeneration and that's what has given me this terrible nerve pain over the past, coming up 2 months! "Silent" is right, it came out of nowhere! Boy, do I regret spending over two decades of my life with bad posture and way too much screen time!
I haven't gone to see a specialist yet, I am learning from people like yourself and also am listening to binaural beats to help speed up the healing process. Have also started taking daily turmeric supplements to help with inflammation and have many books I will be reading about improving our health naturally, and also via diet!
I would like to know exactly what is causing my nerve pain, but I heard (maybe through you?) that it's not always what am MRI shows. Also, why freak me out? What's done is done. I want to focus on the solution, not the problem now.
Will bring yoga back into my daily life again soon. There's still hope for healing and I choose to believe that I will come out of this feeling more healthy and empowered than ever before! 😀 I wish the same for everyone who has experienced pain of any sort! ❤
Very great information to be shared to whom who are not suffering from cervical yet. Thanks sir.👍👍👍👍👍
Thank you Doctor you are a true blessing. I've been watching your video for the last 7 months and it really helped me in my cervical spondylosis. The problem I have sometime I worry about the next flare up and I know I shouldn't think like that
Are you still well
Hi thanks for your great videos. Can you suggest a daily routine to help with my cervical spondylosis. Many thanks. Royston
When I was twelve years old I was forced to jog during physical education classes. After about five minutes jogging, I always felt such pain in my right arm, it felt as if it were about to dislocate from my shoulder. I couldn’t continue jogging because of this pain. The teacher punished me every class for that. She couldn’t believe me. I knew somehow my arm was affected by the motions of jogging, but no doctor believed me. Fortunately, my parents knew I wasn’t lying.
Guilty of so many, unknowing for so many years the trauma being caused and now in my 30s with neck arthritis....😔. Carrying heavy loads, walking with them for hours...sleeping on tummy, being hunched over, looking down alot......sigh.
Thank you for educating me on my condition. When I first started having the neck cracking, popping, stiffness and pain, I felt as if "something was out of place," and began looking for a chiropractor. Fortunately, I chickened out, and consulted my GP who sent me for a series of x-rays, and thus the diagnosis of cervical DDD. I am learning so much from your channel.
At 04:54 is exactly what I do for a living. I’m a transportation coordinator and constantly looking up, down, holding the phone with my shoulder while I type and now I have cervical spondylosis with radiculopathy. I’ve had C3 - C5 replaced, C6 - C8 fused and I just had posterior surgery with rods and screws in between each vertebrae and he fixed some bone deformity in my upper back. The incisions was from the middle of the back of my head to the bottom of my shoulder blades. Hands down, one of the hardest surgeries I’ve had to recover from. I still have some numbness, but it’s not as painful.
Informative and thought provoking, thanks Doc ❤
Thank you so much Dr Mandel as I was suffering for how many years looking for answer where are this pain coming from and now its all clear to me and start to follow your advice and recommendation, at first try, my pain started to go away already, hoping that it will go and finally not come back anymore...God Bless
I'm greatful for you ,You 're the most adorable human bing on earth and i love your brilliant informative this just blew my mind .Thank you so much for all your efforts!!!! God bless you.
Thanks. I don't have this problem, yet.But I will try to watch my upper back posture, to postpone such problems developing. I have Scheremann's disease and other spinal issues further down the spine, so I will look out for your other videos on other parts of the spine.
Re injuries to neck infusion, 2007, then 2017, at work,tripped,spun, slammed neck against file cabinet,
M RI, showed, the infusion was crushed, 2024 no relief, frustrated, depressed, myheadfeel like a flat tire, still moving😢😢😢
Thank you so much for your information. I am suffering so badly from cervical spondylosis. My life is like hell. This cervical spondylosis led me to suffer from blood pressure, ear problems, TMJ issues, migraine, eye pain and what not.
These I'll have to carry till my death. 🖤
You are not alone . I am suffering too like dat. Until I dun wan to talk to my family members about how I am feeling. Because each wen someone calls to find out how I am . It's always somewhere in my body is having pain. I feel so sad at times.
Get prolotherapy injections in your neck it will take those symptoms away. And stablize your neck. You have to get someone who's a real specialist in it. You dont have to live like that the rest of your life. Go up here on you tube dr Ross Hauser and look at his videos on it. Hes an expert in it. I had him do mines. @ shade of my life . Go check his videos out on prolotherapy . I went to him it stabilize my neck and took many symptoms away.
I have anger issues, and stress, and turning the neck really fast aggressively was the point where my neck was never the same.
Thank you so much for this. Especially the last piece of information regarding seeing a chiropractor when still experiencing acute pain.
😊
motivationaldoc thanks for saying if you have this condition not to have your neck adjusted. I had a chiropractor make my neck much worse doing this. I won't let anyone do that to my neck again.
Fantastic explanation, I have all these bad habits, and result is neck hump and tinitus ☹
Just place your mobiles on roof, and sleep straight and use remote control of phones😇
Thanks ,Dr Alan .Excellent guidance from India
Is it beneficial to rotate one's neck slowly side to side on the floor to stretch one's neck muscles? Could you do a video about dos and don'ts in the gym? Resistance exercises that are good and bad for this condition? That would be greatly appreciated. Thank you.
Thank you thank you for another great video. I am a ride share driver and have noticed more discomfort through back and recently on neck area. I've since watching your video adjusted my car seat and steering wheel and how I hold my cell etc. Today (Thursday) I am relieved of this discomfort. Thank you a million.
You described ever symptoms I have. Thanks for the tips,
I have suffered with AS for over 35 years, my cervical spine is causing me a lot of issues and pain. Would you be able to recommend any exercises or therapy to alleviate my pain? Thank you for this informative video. It’s by far the best I have ever seen.
I learnt that taking magnesium glycinate helps a lot with spondylosis pain.
Thanks from India.
Becky Spangler Sims...everyones experience is different. It makes a huge difference what you did to your back and when. My surgery left me disabled. If the docs catch a problem soon enough, they say you have a better chance of recovering. This is a very broad range and includes alot of details.
Dr. Mandell, I have been watching your video for a long time. I do have bone spurs, as you describe it is very painful. Thanks for providing some advise what we should not be doing to aggravate the pain.
Anyone else diagnosed with thoracic and cervical arthritis. Im really struggling with pain and fatigue.
Me, i can say do not take steroids like Medrol, it made me more weak and cause rapid weight gain plus other bad symptoms. I am trying to heal now, no thanks to doctors or neurologists, they just want to medicate you. I ice/heat every night and take natural supplements for inflammation plus I started doing red light therapy, not completely healed but doing better!
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I too struggled for last 2 years but now my symptoms are slowing down.. I have taking homeopathy medicines, use Rustux, Arnica, Bryonia
Your advice has helped make my life easier. Thank you so much for your dedication
Thank you very much for your valuable information. Jay Swaminarayan.
My pain goes from my neck down around my shoulder blades. I have had an X-ray and yes this is my diagnosis
Are you still well
@@JJbro-rt5zu no, I do stretching, strengthening and self massage from videos I’ve watched on TH-cam, it’s always there.
You mentioned eye problems, would an eye twitch be a symptom as well?
This was very educational. Thank you so much. God bless you🙏
Very good, clear video to follow.
Humans has the technology to travel to outer space and still can't help a small amount of spongy things called cartilage to grow 😐
Yeah man
No money to be made
Take sorotonin glucosamina
We do not travel to outer space, thats blasphemy. Moon landing is obviously a hoax dude.
That's technology it's biology
I’m pretty sure I have this but my family Dr won’t take me seriously .Doctor shortage here in NS Canada
They aren’t any better here in the US😳
Excellent, thank you.
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Please please do a video on exercises for cervical spondylolisthesis. There are 0 online always addressing it in the lumbar and not the neck. I have it at c7. Thanks
Thanks for sharing those points, they are very helpful and certainly good reminders!
Thank so much!! Can the treatment for osteoporosis also help osteoarthritis?
Oh boy! Great information, thank you Dr Mandell once again
Thanks for the video Doc. What recommendations do you have to kick the bad habit of cracking ones neck? And any suggestions on who to see for overall help.
Head tilts side to side and it cracks. I have a bulging disk on C4-C5 from a dive jump 75ft-I’ve never been the same. I found out because of it I have narrowing (spondylosis) on my L5-S1.
I’ve been to PT hasn’t help, I get massages doesn’t help, I am active, I do mindfulness practices, sauna, heat and cold contrasts and rest but still struggling-pain everyday including migraines.
Thanks doc..appreciate all the info from u to us. God bless u always.
Hi i love your videos. 😍Would the Rolfing method ( concentrating on head, neck, shoulders) be a good support for an active someone who has osteoarthritis in the neck? They have no pain at the moment, just a slight radiculopathy in thumb. (MRI shows no pathology….basically wear and tear OSA)
Thank you in advance
Good video. What about strength training? Diet?
I have cervical spondylosis. As well as sero negative Ankylosing Spondylitis but no fusing in my neck just in S.I. joints. Should I not use a pillow and try to sleep straight and on my back?
P.S. I just found you yesterday and I have subscribed and liked your FB page. I look forward to hearing all the tips you have to help me feel better and prevent further damage.
Thank you so much doctor for all the precious information that you are giving keep up the good work .from Algeria 👍👍👍
hi doctor can you please discuss about annular tear at L4, L5 and what is best way to heal it, thanks 🙏🙏🙏🙏
I was born with this disease and it seems like the older I get the worse I'm in pain.
I see a Physiatrist who treats me, does Trigger point injections, and refers me to a doc who does the other injections in my neck and back. Mostly, Facet now, but I've got such bad DDD and Arthritis it's not funny. I use everything together, the exercises are great, because not one thing helps. I've got 3, 2 level Fusions. Two Lumbar and one Cervical. I am probably getting another Fusion Thoracic and Cervical.
Now, I've never tried Accupuncture, yet, I can't do Chiropractic, with all the metal.
It gets so frustrating sometimes. You know what really helped , I had a deep tissue massage, it got rid of all the knots and lasted a long time, I need another one soon, good luck to all of to all of you!!!👍👏🙅
Hi, deep myofascial massage work is excellent for you.
If spondylosis is caused by a bulged disc, will the spondylosis get “better” or go away once the disc bulge has healed completely?
Sir please let me know how long will takes to resolve cervical radiculopathy?
You’re a good man! God bless you!
If you are a tummy sleeper I heard there is a pillow sold on Amazon for it.
Lava Girl I highly recommend optp.com for proper sleeping pillows and more. Don’t buy physical therapy products on amazon as you will be likely to receive products that are not safely tested, of poor quality or counterfeit that could cause you more damage/pain.
Thank you doctor, very helpful.
Excellent advices Dr.Mandell!👍👍👍👍❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️
I appreciate your video as I been looking all over the internet for the question, can I go to a chiropractor for degenerative cervical symptoms. As my mid back is fused do to scoliosis but my neck is still flexible. Again I've been looking all over TH-cam for my question for the last 12 months thank you Dr. Mandell
my Chriopractor recently diagnosed me with artiritus n the neck
Extremely helpful. I am a big admirer of yours.
Thank you Doctor
26 year old here, recently diagnosed. Aside from the terrible, intense pain that does not go away even with opioid medication, I've also been having cognitive issues such as poor concentration, poor memory, lethargy, difficulty formulating thoughts and speaking, and overall an intense brain fog that feels like I'm chronically doped up on tranquilizers and that does not go away and is completely undermining my life. Is there anything that can be done about the cognitive symptoms or am I SOL for the rest of my life??
So how are you faring?
Get physiotherapy and homeopathy medicine (Rustux) if you feel fatigue (Bryonia, nerve pain (Arnica & hot oil massage)
Thank you. Very informative
Thank you doctor..Mandell!!
Thank you Dr
I’ve learned a lot
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this video 🥰🙏🏻
Very interesting a lot of those I don't do.. went to see another specialist she didn't care about my poor posture or my extra cervical ribs my left one is causing problems right one isn't.l tried to get a scalene blocked she said NO even to X-rays, NO to everything..my doctor tried ..all I'm trying to do is have a normal life again, but I'm losing function arm, hand fingers. Tennis elbow cannot use kitchen essentials even dig a hole in garden... so that's me end of my life what fun enjoy I'll never have again I don't think it's fair at all...😢☹
Oh sorry about all this. I have cervical ribs too and loosing function of the arms? not sure if surgery would help us!
How long does it take to cure this chronic problem?
Tqvm Doc. For dis video . Your good advice. God bless.
Thank you Dr , Iam gonna have A Neck fusion surgery I am really scared !!! And iam suffered from lumber spine
Pl suggest physiotherapy postures
Any exercises?
Dr Alan Mandell, I would like to share my predicament with Cervical Spondylosis and Radiculopathy (with substantial spurs noted) C4,5,6 & 7, as diagnosed by Doctors at a Public Hospital here, in Singapore. The onset of symptoms were insidious, it began in 2017 and became intolerable this year, March of 2018, with radiating pain from the neck through in between my left shoulder blade, down to my left arm mostly, tingling and a very thick sense of numbness affecting my Ulna, and then spreading over to my right arm and numbing my right hand's thumb and first index finger. Doctors are affirmative that Surgery is THE ONLY way to remedy my problem, citing up to TWO discs which they say must be replaced and gave me 6 weeks to consider (both the economic implications and risks involved). So, what I did was surf the Internet and TH-cam and found YOU, Dr Alan Mandell. Thanks to you, I dug deeper and discovered WHY my OA had given me such grave implications. You did mention the benefits of drinking WATER, and from my various other online investigations, and comparing the MRI images I have of my Cervical Spine managed to pinpoint how I have gotten to this point in my life; I drank little water, was never in the habit of hydrating myself and only took sips of whatever drinks or water for decades, and only drank more when I am out in the sun. With this realization, that disc degeneration is basically due to loss of water in the discs as we age, I started drinking yesterday morning, finishing a one liter bottle of Dasani in the morning between 10am to 1pm and, voila...the pain stopped, the tingling became a fuzzy light buzz, the numbness in both arms thinned out, strength returned to my badly affected left arm, and I am now able to turn my neck left or right and look up like nothing happened. However, I can still feel that the nerves impinged upon prior to re-hydration are still a little sore but do not feel inflamed---I can tell a healing ache from an inflamed pain. So for all the medications given to me; Ibuprofen, Gabapentin, Pregabalin, and eperisone, to deal with the pain inflammation and muscle spasms, only WATER worked perfectly! Is there a way for me to show you one image from my MRI done recently? It looks terrible, but now after just one day (yesterday) of Water Drinking Therapy, it feels like there is nothing wrong!
C Jay Goh hi Jay, I’m also living in Singapore... and started to have bad headaches, pain and numbness in my left arm and sometimes left chest for 1 week. I went to polyclinic and doctor recommended physiotherapy for my cervical spondylosis. May I ask how you are coping with it so far? Any advice is greatly appreciated... Thank You very much.
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Sir, I have DDD from c3 to c6 neck disc, have lot of pain in head can you suggest me for reducing pain
Dr. Its a wonderful video..
Dr. Mandell, I hope you see this and respond. Have you done any videos about low level laser and neck pain? I'm sure you know there are several studies regarding its efficacy.
Hello sir I have the problem cervical spondilysis.can you suggest me some exercises to relieve my pain
I diagnosed with degeneration and I am very healthy guy with all my activities. One day got up from Ned with stiff neck and that last for 7 days then this cervical pain to left shoulder area started with radiating down to left arm. I went for physiotherapy and therapist told not to do exercises till pain gone with help of heating pad. , if I am getting pain in backward moves not to forward move then what exercise I need to follow. I m reported with degenerative changes in anterior n lateral marginal osteophyte and straightening of cervical spine due to muscular spasm.
Hi my name is Scott Roy I was struck in the back of that neck 20 years ago by four sets of hanging lights and factory couldn't move my head left or right for six months it's been 20 years now past couple years I've taken a turn for the worst and many many doctors throughout the years I think I've been misdiagnosed I really like to hear from you maybe possibly recommend doing someone who knows what you're doing
Thank you doctor.I will try my best.
What is the best pillow for like me having this problem c4,c5,c5 already squizz up ..
Thank you very much for sharing doctor,God bless you
I hope this comment will be noticed. I have cervical spondylosis. When I lie down on the bed my back and my arm begin to pain. What should I do? I can't sleep because of this pain.
*Get an orthopedic pillow
*Check and work on your sleeping, walking, sitting and standing postures
*Go for massage often
*Eat foods rich in vitamins B6 and B12
*Get enough rest
*Cut off anxiety and stay positive
*Cut off excess body weight if you are fat
*Do mild, spondylosis friendly exercises
I want to assure you that gradually you'll be fine. Take care.