DEAR DR. ROACH: I’m a 77-year-old male in good physical health. I experience numbness while sleeping, mostly in my right shoulder and arm, but the numbness extends to my right thumb. This has affected ...

Radiculopathy is the pinching of a nerve root (where nerves join/leave the spinal column). Pinching of the nerve roots can cause pain and numbness in areas controlled by that nerve. Symptoms of nerve ...

Degenerative cervical spondylosis is a chronic, progressive deterioration of osseocartilaginous components of the cervical spine that is most often related to aging. Radiographic evidence of ...

This patient has multilevel cervical spondylosis and cervical radiculopathy. Cervical spondylosis is a chronic degenerative process of the intervertebral disks and facet joints. Degeneration of the ...

You are able to gift 5 more articles this month. Anyone can access the link you share with no account required. Learn more. DEAR DR. ROACH: I am an 86 year old woman in good health, and I run and walk ...

Doctors use Spurling tests to assess possible causes of neck pain. A positive result can indicate a pinched nerve. A Spurling test can help a doctor make a quick assessment about the cause of neck ...

Q. What are symptoms of a pinched nerve? A. You’ll feel a sudden pain shooting from the base of your neck, through your shoulder, down one arm and into your fingers. Or, you may feel weakness or ...

DEAR DR. ROACH: I am an 86 year old woman in good health, and I run and walk regularly. I was having intense pain in the area of my right shoulder as well as down my arm on and off. I sent a note to ...