A pinched nerve in the upper part of the spine, known as the cervical spine, can potentially cause dizziness. However, dizziness isn’t a common symptom of a pinched nerve. Pinched nerves typically ...

Cervical radiculitis (cervical radiculopathy) happens when something presses up against one of the nerve roots near the top of your spine. This pressure is usually caused by a herniated or worn ...

Symptoms of a pinched nerve in the neck can include neck pain, hand and arm numbness, and shoulder weakness. Treatments like physical therapy and immobilizing the neck can help ease pain and relieve ...

DEAR DR. ROACH: I have been a registered nurse for 55 years. I’m writing in about my 42-year-old son who recently suffered a focal seizure while driving. He has a history of neck pain, possibly caused ...

Sometimes moving your head just doesn’t feel right. Whether you slept on the wrong pillow or sat in a hunched position for too long, neck pain causes can be obvious—but sometimes the reason for your ...

While neck cracking offers relief for many, a rare but real risk of stroke exists due to potential injury to brain-supplying ...

Dr. Carrie Jose, in her latest Health and Wellness column, provides five ways to tell if your neck is the hidden cause of ...

‌Your spine is made up of 33 vertebrae. Each one has openings that let nerves from your spinal cord pass through to other parts of the body. When these openings, called neural foramina, get narrow or ...

Neck pain may have many causes: Stress, poor posture, texting, injuries from sports, car or other accidents and chronic illnesses such as fibromyalgia, to name a few. But there's another culprit you ...

Dear Doctors: My wife has been diagnosed with something called Eagle syndrome. Not a lot of medical providers in our area treat this type of illness. Any information you can give about it, including ...

What Is Text Neck Syndrome? Depending on the angle, your head can weigh 27 to 60 pounds, so your neck muscles will get a real workout if you angle your face down for multiple hours daily to look at ...

Q: My wife has been diagnosed with Eagle syndrome. Not a lot of medical providers in our area treat this type of illness. Any information you can give about it, including what treatments are available ...