Cervical spondylosis treatment in Mumbai

Cervical spondylosis is age-related wear of the seven vertebrae in the neck and the discs and facet joints between them. The discs lose height, the joints develop arthritis and bony spurs form. Long hours at a screen, looking down at a phone, heavy loads on the head or shoulders and old neck injuries can all speed this up, and it is now commonly seen in people in their thirties and forties.

Pain can come from the worn facet joints, from a degenerated disc, or from a nerve root squeezed where it leaves the spine (cervical radiculopathy), which sends pain, numbness or tingling into the shoulder blade, arm and hand. Less commonly, narrowing affects the spinal cord itself (myelopathy), which needs urgent specialist attention.

Most people improve with physiotherapy, posture and workstation changes, regular movement breaks, a suitable pillow and pain relief during flare-ups. Collars are used only briefly, if at all. For persistent arm pain, steroid injections near the nerve root are commonly offered.

Surgery, such as anterior cervical discectomy and fusion or disc replacement, is recommended when there is spinal cord compression or when arm pain and weakness from a trapped nerve persist despite treatment. For neck pain from worn joints and discs without these features, non-surgical care is the norm.