Neck Muscle Strengthening

Weak neck muscles tend to increase stress on the cervical spine leading to neck pain. Neck muscle strengthening exercises like touching the chest with the chin, side-to-side neck tilt, turning the neck towards both sides, neck stretching, etc., in regular intervals and repetitions, are beneficial.

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What is the therapeutic management for multilevel cervical spondylosis?

Query: Hello doctor, I have an impression in the MRI, which suggests multilevel cervical spondylotic changes. There is a 2 mm disk protrusion on the left C6-C7, along with 1.5 mm bulging in the central and right paracentral disk at the C4-C5 level. Can you help me with what I have to do?  Read Full »


Dr. Atul Prakash

Answer: Hello, Welcome to icliniq.com. To be more precise, I need to know about your symptoms, such as the location of pain in the neck and arms, nature of pain, any weakness in the arms and hands, stiffness, duration of symptoms, and response to treatment taken so far. However, with the report you have sen...  Read Full »

I am not able to sleep with neck stiffness. What could help me?

Query: I'm at my wits end, the doctors in my area don't care anymore. It's here some pain meds, have a great day. But, I'm getting so much worse. Long story short my neck locks up completely. If I keep my neck in a position more than a minute, it gets so tense, and painful. The only way to relieve it is ...  Read Full »


Dr. Atul Prakash

Answer: Hello Seeing the report I will agree with your doctor that the conditions you mentioned are actually not seen on the MRI but the problem you are facing is real. You have not mentioned the medications and also not mentioned the exact therapy you have had. I will recommend that you have manual thera...  Read Full »

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