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Posted 6/13/2015 4:38 PM (GMT 0)
Hi everyone! I have just been diagnosed with osteoarthritis in my neck and it has been a painful trip.
They were messing around for over a year sending me to physical therapy, chiropractor and doing neck x-rays while I'm telling them my neck is moving side ways. I finally got one more neck x-ray and took it to a new chiropractor and he told me I had osteoarthritis and has caused my neck to move to the right to the point it is two inches off. He said they are going to do a deep tissue massage next week to start with and he will continue to stretch my neck with some manipulation. Is this a normal thing with osteoarthritis? I feel like I look like a freak with my neck this way and it hurts so bad in the back of my head. Please help me understand all this!
Posted 6/14/2015 9:21 PM (GMT 0)
In my opinion, you need to see a rheumatologist. Usually, if you have OA in one place, it's in other joints as well. Also, my rheumy sent me to a neurosurgeon, because my neck is also in the same shape as yours, and it is so close to my brain stem that she didn't want just anyone to operate on it.

I'm not saying you need surgery, but I feel an MRI is in order A chiro is not educated enough to treat you. I had a worthless rheumy who sent me to physical therapy and made my problem worse. He told me it was all fibromyalgia. Well, the new rheumy says I don't have fibro at all.

If OA in your cervical spine gets bad enough it can start causing nerve problems, which I have. It can also compress on your spine when you move in certain ways, and cause other issues too.

Get a good rheumatologist, and get and MRI. Hope it all works out for you.
Posted 6/24/2015 6:06 PM (GMT 0)
My chiropractor told me this last time I saw him that the muscles on my left neck are weak and my right is tight. Should I call my pcp to start this process?
Posted 6/24/2015 7:12 PM (GMT 0)
Yes, I'd ask for a referral to a rheumatologist. Good luck.
Posted 6/25/2015 5:48 PM (GMT 0)
Please take great care with chiropractors and your neck. I've seen people who were getting "adjustments" for neck problems and ended up quadriplegics.
Posted 6/25/2015 11:59 PM (GMT 0)
Went to my pcp today and he is going to get me a MRI on my neck. I hope it will help me figure out what is going on.
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