Patient Education > Recent News > Spine - Cervical Patient Education Topics: Spine - Cervical | Spine - Cervical FAQs Recent News Effect of Changes Over Time on Trends in Neck Fusion   Heterotopic Ossification Higher Than Expected with Artificial Disc Replacement   Soft or Hard Neck Collar: Which One Should You Use and When?   New Hybrid Technique Used to Correct Problems From a Previous Cervical Laminectomy   Report on Disc Replacements for the Cervical Spine   Behavior Programs No Different in Treating Chronic Neck Pain   More Study Needed for Cervical Spine Injury in Elderly   Surgeons From Mayo Clinic Offer Update on Nerve Injuries to the Arm   Results of Laminoplasty for Cervical Spondylotic Myelopathy Comparable to Other Procedures   Long-Term Benefits of Cervical Artificial Disc Technology Now Available   Three Rare Cases of Cervical Spondylolysis   New Test to Rate Severity of Cervical Myelopathy   Effects of Spinal Fusion on Adjacent Segments Over Time   Serious Problems Can Occur After Surgery for Odontoid Fractures   Understanding Cervical Spine Movement in Gender and Age   Recovery After Cervical Laminoplasty for Cervical Compression Myelopathy   Causes of Failed Neck Surgery   A Possible Solution to the Problem of Metal Plates in Neck Fusion   Pitfalls of Cervical Disc Replacement   New Classification System Takes the Guesswork Out of Treatment Planning For Neck Injuries   Off-Label Use of Bone Substitute Causes Serious Problems   What Happens to People with Cervical Myelopathy?   Treatment for Cervical Radiculopathy: Skip the Traction   Use of Halo Vest for Neck Injuries Based on Age   How To Reduce Frequency and Severity of Migraine Headaches   Don't Rely on Signs of Cord Compression to Make the Diagnosis   Prognosis Following Whiplash Injury   Widening the Spinal Canal to Manage Cervical Myelopathy   Stingers On and Off the Field: What To Do and When To Do It   Massage: Popular Treatment for Neck Pain. Is It Effective?   Two Key Predictors of Work Disability After Whiplash Injury   Timing of Surgery for Patients with Cervical OPLL   Nationwide Study of Multilevel Cervical Fusion   Patient History After Car Accident Doesn't Match Up With Medical Records   Easy Ten-Second Step Test Can Help Assess Severity of Cervical Myelopathy   Cervical Collars Not Necessarily Helpful After Single-Level Anterior Cervical Fusion with Plate   Scientific Evidence for Physical Therapy to Treat Neck Pain   Conservative Care for Neck Fractures in Older Adults   Avoiding Adverse Events Associated with Anterior Cervical Spine Surgery   Putting An End to Chronic Pain After Whiplash Injury   Physical Therapists Rethink Effect of Scapula on Neck Motion   What Causes Chronic Pain From a Whiplash Injury?   Impairment-Based Physical Therapy Program for Neck Pain   The Effect of Hidden Beliefs on PostWhiplash Syndrome   Generalized Hypoesthesia Occurs After Acute Whiplash   Neck Fusion: Which Way Do We Go?   Non-specific neck pain, predicting what therapy works.   The Influence of Spinal Stenosis on Cervical Spondylotic Myelopathy   Treatment of Severe Brachial Plexus Injuries   Hoffmann Sign More Prevalent Than Babinski Sign in Less Severe Neurological Deficits from Cervical Myelopathy   Cervical Total Disc Replacement or Fusion - Criteria   Grade II Whiplash and Cervical Radiculopathy Similar in Presentation   Recovery From Acute Whiplash   Measuring Neck Pain After Whiplash   Hoffmann Sign: Red Flag for Cervical Myelopathy   Cervical Medial Branch Blocks for Chronic Cervical Facet Joint Pain   Update on Adjacent Level Disease After Cervical Spine Fusion   New Trigger Point Findings in Whiplash Patients   Whiplash Injuries Are Worse When the Head is Turned   Risk of Vertebral Artery Injury in Cervical Spine Surgery   When Can Chiropractic Care Help Neck Pain?   Anterior Cervical Discectomy and Fusion with PEEK Spacer and Sponge Impregnated with Recombinant Human Bone Morphogenic Protein-2.   Electrophysiological Evaluation of Syringomyelia   Exercises For Neck and Shoulder Pain   Case Report of Torn Ligament in Whiplash Associated Disorder   Single-level Anterior Cervical Discectomy and Fusion Without Plate or Cervical Collar   Rare Case of Brown-Sèquard Syndrome From Cervical Disc Herniation   A Literature Review of Cervical Facet Joint Dysfunction   A Literature Review of Cervical Facet Joint Dysfunction   Development of Late Whiplash Syndrome   Fusion of Odontoid Nonunion Fractures   Studies Lacking in Understanding of Late Whiplash Syndrome   Best Treatment Practice for Chronic Neck Pain   Systematic Review of Neck Pain Assessment   Results of Surgery and Injections for Neck Pain   What's the Best Treatment for Neck Pain?   Change in Attitude and Beliefs About Neck Pain Needed   How Do We Know What Is the Best Evidence on Treatment of Neck Pain?   A New Model for the Onset, Course, and Care of Neck Pain   Overview of the Bone and Joint Decade Task Force Findings   What to Expect When Recovering from a Whiplash-Associated Disorder   Comparing Treatment Programs for Back Pain Based on Cost Savings   Psychological Factors May Play Small Role in Chronic Whiplash Pain   Age One Factor Associated with Decline in Cervical Range of Motion   Trigger Point Injection with BOTOX   Treatment for Whiplash With Botulinum-toxin A Appears Promising; More Study Needed   Review of Cervical Laminaplasty   Two-Year Results of Cervical Artificial Disc Versus Fusion   Endoscopic Anterior Cervical Discectomy and Fusion (ACDF)   Effect of Repairing Versus Preserving Muscles During Laminoplasty   Fixation Rather Than Fusion of Hangman's Fracture Now Possible   Crowned Dens Syndrome More Common than Previously Thought, Say Researchers   Improving Anterior Cervical Fusion Rates with Locking Plates   Predicting Treatment Results for Cervical Radiculopathy   Normal, Fused, and Disc Replacement Cervical Spine   Plate Thickness as a Cause of Dysphasia   New Link Between Chiari Malformation and Connective Tissue Disorders   Biodex Isokinetic Dynamometer Demonstrates Lower Neck Muscle Strength in Women   Review of Chronic Whiplash   Awareness of Potential Complications with Anterior Cervical Discectomy Allows for Successful Management   Study on Reducing Neck and Arm Pain in Computer Workers   Supervised Exercise Therapy for Neck Pain May Help Pain, Range of Motion   How Safe Is Chiropractic Manipulation of the Neck?   Effect of Foramen Magnum Decompression on Neck Motion   Microinjuries During Cervical Spine Fusion   Predicting Results of Physical Therapy Treatment For Neck Pain   Need for More Research on Chronic Whiplash   Improving Results of Cervical Epidural Injections   Results of ProDisc-C Disc Replacement after One-Year   First Five Cases of Human-to-Human Disc Transplantation   Review of Treatment for Cervical Radiculopathy   Problems Swallowing and Talking After Cervical Decompression   MRI Results Predict Surgical Outcome for Cervical Myelopathy   Anterior Cervical Microdiscectomy Appears Effective in Treating Certain Cervical Disc Injuries   Prevalence of Memory, Concentration, and Attention Problems After Whiplash Not Predicted Through Testing   Stop Movement in Cervical Spine to Prevent Further Neurologic Symptoms   Tests to Use When Measuring Treatment Results with Chronic Whiplash Patients   Posterior Neck Muscles Take Burden of Rear-End Impact Resulting in Whiplash   No Correlation Found Between Magnitude of Injury and Incidence of Whiplash   Measuring Recovery After Whiplash   Pain and Disability Measures for Whiplash   Report of Adverse Effects from Using rh-BMP-2 in Neck Fusion   Exercise Helps Pain from Chronic Whiplash   Review of Rare Cervical Spine Tumors   Cervical Spine Outcomes Questionnaire   Age and Cervical Myelopathy Are Risk Factors for Problems After Surgery   Alternative Graft Site for Cervical Spine Fusion   Best Way to Treat Osteoblastoma of the Cervical Spine   A Rare Case of Dropped Head Syndrome   Effects of Acupuncture on Neck Pain   Neck Pain Common Reason for Doctor Visits   Whiplash Recovery Faster with Individual Care   Ossification Is Not a Problem After Disc Replacement   A Case of Longus Colli Muscle Tendinitis   Low Rate of Same- and Adjacent-Segment Disease After Cervical Foraminotomy   Pain Interrupts Attention and Activities   Update on Surgery for Cervical Flexion in Ankylosing Spondylitis   Managing Neck Pain With Exercise in Office Workers   Surgeon's Guide to Corpectomy   Conservative Care for Cervical Spine Myelopathy   Laminectomy and Spinal Fusion to Treat Cervical Myelopathy   Diagnosing Cervical Myelopathy   Multiple Cervical Discectomy For Cervical Myelopathy   Acupuncture Safe and Effective for Neck Pain   Bone Graft Substitute Causes Swelling in Anterior Neck Fusion   Reviewing Causes and Treatment of Neck Pain   PT Treatment Dosage Based on Classification for Neck Pain Patients   Eight Cases of Spinal Infection   SF-36 Not Advised for Cervical Spine Surgical Patients   Acupuncture Good Choice for Chronic Neck Pain   Physical Therapists Measure Reliability of Neck Testing   Effects of Cervical Fusion on Facet Joints   Radiation May Be All That's Needed for Cervical Spine Metastase   Total Neck Motion as a Measure of Treatment Success   First Report Ever on Bone Spurs Causing Breathing to Stop   Radiofrequency Acceptable Treatment for Chronic Whiplash Disorders   Predicting Two or Three Year Outcome of Whiplash Injury   New System to Classify Neck Injuries   Fusion Rate 100 Percent With Expandable Cages for Cervical Spine   ACDF Failure: Next Step -- Anterior Revision or Posterior Fusion?   Reports of Severe Mountain Bike Injuries: Cervical Spine   New 3-D Image Method for Cervical Spine Surgery   Death After Diving Accidents Common   Is There a Gold Standard for Cervical Fusion?   Atypical Neck Motion After Whiplash   Whiplash Symptoms Come From Increased Joint Motion   Results of New Absorbable Plate for Neck Fusion   Results of Posterior Neck Fusion After Anterior Neck Fusion   When That Pain in the Neck is Rheumatoid Arthritis   Disc Replacement After Cervical Fusion   Cervical Spine Fusion Without a Hospital Stay   Tender Spots Common with Cervical Radiculopathy   Adding Up Symptoms after Chiropractic Care   Not all Results after Neck Surgery are Equal   Artificial Disc Replacement for Cervical Spine   Physical Therapy and Chronic Neck Pain   Ongoing Neck Pain after Whiplash Injury   Nerve Damage after Anterior Neck Surgery   Female Athletes Shake It Up   Making Sense of Cervical Myelopathy   Exercise for Chronic Neck Pain Sufferers   Predicting Disc Disease after Neck Fusion   Ball-and-Socket Disc Implant Restores Neck Motion   Neck Ligaments on a Collision Course   Researchers Dig Deep to Find Cause of Neck Pain   Acute Neck Whiplash: Who Ya Gonna Call?   Exercise, the Needed Ingredient for Neck Treatment   Effect of Muscle Activity on Neck Pain after Whiplash   Relief after Release for Neck and Headache Pain   The Eroding Link after Cervical Spine Fusion   Balancing Chronic Whiplash Injuries with Posturography   New Test Flies in the Face of Whiplash Patients   Fear and Neck Pain after Car Crashes   Using Restraint to Avoid Neck Injury in Auto Accidents   Engineers Simulate Whiplash Injury and Study Results   Headers Can Lead to Spine Degeneration over Time   Computer Guidance for Spine Surgeons during Neck Fusion   Taking Position after Whiplash   Blaming Neck Problems on Posture   Rare Case of Epidural Abscess Reported   Looking Up and Down the Spinal Column after Cervical Corpectomy   Early or Late Treatment for Whiplash Injury?   3-D View of Pedicle Screws after Neck Fusion   Three-Dimensional View of Pedicle Screws after Neck Fusion   Hidden Dangers of Titanium Cages Used in Neck Fusion   Unusual Problem after a Cervical Spine Fusion   Expect the Unexpected with Deltoid Muscle Paralysis   Warning Issued about Stand-Alone Cervical Cages   Middle Cervical Spine Spotlighted in Whiplash Injuries   Doctors Navigate in Surgery Using Computers   Testing the Way Whiplash Patients Walk   Cervical Corpectomy Is Not a Military Rank   Artificial Discs for the Neck   Neck Fusion: What Methods Work Best?   Physical Therapists Take a Stab at Nerve Pain   Recovery after Disc Surgery in the Neck   A New Type of Kink in the Neck   Testing Joint Motion before Neck Manipulation   Putting the Screws to Upper Neck Fusion   Back to the Future for Neck Surgery   Crystal Ball for Best Neck Fusion Result   New Joint Fusion System for Upper Neck Problems   Coping is the Key to Whiplash Injury   Neck Pain? Watch it Dye on Fluoroscopy   Whiplash Testing with the Element of Surprise   A Vote for Doing Select Neck Surgeries through the Back of the Neck   Empty Cage Implant for Neck Fusion   Loose Screws Rattle Patients' Neck Cages   Comparing Bone Substitute to the Real Thing for Neck Fusion   Tobacco Works against Successful Neck Fusion   Healing Hands Help Headaches   Physical Therapists Are Radiant about Test Results for Neck Pain   Grabbing Work-Related Disability by the Neck   Finding the Right Treatment Combinations for Neck Pain   Updated Criteria for Returning Players to Sport after Neck Injury   Going for the Throat to Reduce Complications after Neck Fusion   Enlarging the Treatment Options for Cervical Myelopathy   Young and Restless with a Neck Ache   Neck Hurt? That Is the Question   Surgeons Bring Relief for Headaches that Start in the Neck   No Muscle Backlash after Whiplash   Workers Compensation Patients Have a Greater Pain in the Neck   Confronting Neck Pain to Know When Surgery Can Help   Head-Turning News about Neck Motion   Hazard: Necks on the Loose   Headache? Take Two and Call Me in the Morning   A Knack for Nicking Neck Nerves   Spinal Cord in a Pinch   A New Doorway to Relieve Cervical Myelopathy   Sweating through Neck and Shoulder Pain: Exercise Scores Again!   Is Your Job a Pain in the Neck? Working toward an Understanding of Neck/Shoulder Pain   The Link between Work and Neck Pain in Teens   Eyes in the Back of Your Neck?   Big Neck Bones, Small Spinal Canals: Japanese Men Have It Bad   Putting a Whip on Treatment Guidelines for Whiplash Injury   Leaving Dummies in the Dust: Computer Technology Speeds Whiplash Research   A Kink in Chiropractic: No One Knows Why Neck Manipulation May Lead to Stroke   Car Crash Testing Is Not Just for Dummies   Head-Turning Research: Whiplash Reduces Neck Movement   Is Your Job a Pain in the Neck? Linking Psychosocial Work Factors and Neck Pain   Sayonara Neck Surgery: Conservative Treatment May Suffice in Some Cases   Surgeon's Toolbox: New Hardware for Neck Surgery   The Leg Bone's Connected to the--Neck Bone? The Success of a Surgical Technique   Right or Left? Neck Surgeons Don't Have to Choose Sides   MRI Is Not a Fortune Teller   Whiplash Won't "Whip" You for Long   Sidelining Football Players with Headaches   The Effect of Smoking on Neck Surgery: It's Not Just Smoke and Mirrors   To Play or Not to Play? Doctors Have Different Opinions   Quest for the Artificial Disc   For Neck Problems, One Wrong Turn Often Leads to Another   Still Clueless about Whiplash   Neck Burners and Stingers: Getting to the Nerve Root of the Problem   Affirmative Nod in Favor of Active Treatments for Chronic Neck Pain   Neck Postures May Pose Risk of Brain Attack at the Hair Salon   Back to Top The information contained within these pages is the property of the Medical Multimedia Group L.L.C. and we retain all rights regarding its content. Alteration of these documents in any way is a violation of the copyright. Dr. Joseph Bosco is a board certified orthopedic surgeon specializing in sports medicine, knee, shoulder and elbow surgery, including skiing injuries, elbow reconstruction, rotator cuff repair, shoulder arthroscopy, knee arthroscopy and elbow arthroscopy. His primary practice is located at The New York University Medical Center in New York City. He also maintains an office in Queens, New York.

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