CERVICAL SPONDYLOSIS

What is cervical spondylosis?

It is also called cervical osteoarthritis. Cervical spondylosis is a type of degenerative disease.

It is the natural wearing down of cartilage, disks, ligaments and bones in your neck. Cervical spondylosis is extremely common. More than 85% of people over the age of 60 are affected.

Normally, soft disks between your vertebrae, the bones in your spine, provide cushioning. With cervical spondylosis, these disks become compressed.

When this happens, the cartilage that lines the vertebrae on each side of the disc, where they touch, can wear away. Once this protective cartilage is gone, spurs may develop on your vertebrae where they rub together. Nerves attached to your spinal cord may have less room to pass between the vertebrae on their way out of the spine.

This can cause your legs or hands to feel weak or clumsy.

Causes of cervical spondylosis

As the age increases, the bones and cartilages that make up your backbone and neck gradually develop wear and tear. These changes can include: 

1. Bone spurs: These overgrowths of bone are the result of the body trying to grow extra bone to make the spine stronger. However, the extra bone can press on delicate areas of the spine, such as the spinal cord and nerves, resulting in pain.

2. Stiff ligaments: Ligaments are cords of tissue that connect bone to bone. Spinal ligaments can stiffen with age, making your neck less flexible.

3. Dehydrated spinal discs: Your spinal bones have discs between them, which are thick, pad-like cushions that absorb the shock of lifting, twisting, and other activities. The gel-like material inside these discs can dry out over time. This causes your bones (spinal vertebrae) to rub together more, which can be painful.

This process can begin to happen in your 30s.

4. Herniated discs: Age also affects the exterior of your spinal disks. Cracks often appear, leading to bulging (herniated) disks — which sometimes can press on the spinal cord and nerve roots.

5. Injury

6. Overuse

Symptoms of cervical spondylosis

Most people with cervical spondylosis don’t have significant symptoms. If symptoms do occur, they can range from mild to severe and may develop gradually or occur suddenly.

One common symptom is pain around the shoulder blade.

• Pain in the neck that may travel to your arms or shoulders

• Headaches

• A grinding feeling when you move your neck

• Grinding noise or sensation when the neck is turned

• Weakness in your arms and legs

• Tingling & Numbness in your shoulders, arms, or hands

• Stiffness in the neck

• Lack of coordination and difficulty walking

• Loss of bladder or bowel control

Homoeopathic Treatment for Cervical spondylosis

Homoeopathy plays a very effective role in treating chronic diseases like cervical spondylosis. Homoeopathy helps to treat such diseases holistically. This treatment will be free of side effects & safe for everyone. 

Brahma Madhurya Homoeopathy goals to treat the cervical spondylosis as follows:

• Relives in the pain around the shoulder blade.

• Relives in the pain of neck, arms or shoulders

• Remove the stiffness in the neck

• Helps in improving lack of coordination and difficulty walking

• Helps to improve the mobility of your neck & hands

• Medicines selected here will not have any side-effects

• These medicines do not consist of steroids or anti-inflammatory drugs.

• These medicines help you to overcome cervical spondylosis from its root cause.

• These medicines are deep acting so it also helps in control the further degeneration of the disease.