Every person who spends a long time in front of the computer and is a busy-paced office worker is involved in a neck hernia risk group. This disease, which is also effective in genetic factors, can occur suddenly in patients with weak muscles and nervous system. In order to avoid symptoms of cervical hernia, you should refrain from moving a large part of the day. However, it is not possible for employees to assess the remaining free time by sports, helping to prevent the formation of a neck hernia.
What is a cervical hernia?
The neck is the part of the spine that allows the head to stand upright and move. The human spine also similarly allows the entire body to stand upright when necessary and take action when necessary. These are the disks that are located between the vertebrae that fulfill this function and are listed along the spine. These discs, which absorb the pressure of the body weight vertically, begin to fade and wear out as time passes. This can result in the failure of the disks to perform the task as needed and the formation of a hernia. It is found only on similar discs in the neck area bearing the weight of the head. The excessive force applied to the spinal cord and nerves as a result of tearing the connective tissue found in the outer part of the gelatine fluid in the inner part of these discs begins to emerge. It is possible to divide the cervical hernia that is occurring for different reasons. The first one is the acute cervical hernia which emerges suddenly and the other is a chronic cervical hernia, which is a long-term disease.
What are the symptoms of cervical hernia?
The most common period of neck hernia that can be seen at any age is 30-40 years. The symptoms of cervical hernia are precisely where the hernia occurs, whether it is acute or chronic, and varies according to recovery time. If you say, "What is the symptom of the neck hernia that patients encounter most often?"
· The pain that starts on one side of the body and spreads to the arm area
· Pain and numbings extending to the fingertips
· Loss of force in the arm where pain spreads
· They are listed as walking and balance disorders.
In general, although complaints of patients are in this direction, the symptoms of acute neck hernia should be known to be dominant in one-sided, shoulder and upper chest pain. Reactions such as coughing, sneezing can cause these pains to increase.
How can a cervical hernia be understood?
Symptoms of cervical hernia may occur suddenly. You may face symptoms of cervical hernia when you wake up one morning without any trauma. In these cases, first of all, there are restrictions and pains in the neck movements. Stretching movements on the axis of movement extending to the posterior side of the neck, i.e. extension, causes increased pain if you have a cervical hernia. The pain that starts in the neck and shoulder and descending to the arms is not only among the symptoms of cervical hernia. In case of chronic complaints such as those that can point to other diseases, it must be examined by the expert and diagnosed in this way. A flat X-ray examination is usually performed to understand whether a patient has a neck hernia. In addition, MRI and EMG examinations can be diagnosed with cervical hernia.
Treatment process for cervical hernia symptoms
When the symptoms of cervical hernia start to make your life difficult, the first method of neck hernia treatment that should be tested under expert control is manual treatment. This manual application is a kind of physical therapy. This method is a proven success in eastern and Western medicine, where miraculous results can be obtained in muscle and nerve diseases. Although usually 3-5 sessions are applied with physical therapy, the number of sessions and cases in which the treatment can be applied varies from patient to patient. Surgical intervention is applied in the treatment of neck hernia that does not heal with medication and physical therapy. The treatment method is preferred with microsurgery in the neck and spinal cord which is a sensitive area for the application of ordinary surgical techniques. The patient who does not have a backbone is executed and discharged within 1 day. Patients can take their dressings after 2 days and take a bath. For patients who can move easily after the surgery, a program is organized with neck hernia exercises after two weeks. This method, which is called "minimally invasive surgery" compared with other surgeries, is a method that is less stressful and easier to return to social life.