A father in his 50s and a teenage son at the same time, and the cause of the neck disc turns out to be...
Jun 05, 2025
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This was not the only problem. A's middle school son, B, also complained of neck pain. As the time spent sitting in front of the desk became longer and the usage of smartphones and tablet PCs increased, the neck naturally came forward and shoulders were bent. This is commonly referred to as 'turtle neck syndrome', and turtle neck syndrome can also lead to neck disc, so caution is needed.
Neck disc is a disease in which the disc between the cervical vertebrae escapes, or the bone tissue grows abnormally and compresses the spinal nerve passing through the neck, causing pain. Initially, it begins with stiffening or stiffening, but numbness and sensory degradation may occur over time. In particular, if there are symptoms of numbness in the hands and feet and symptoms of dull sensation, it is highly likely that the nerve damage has progressed a lot.
Jeong Yoon-kyo, head of the Spinal Endoscopy Center at Gangnam Nanuri Hospital, said "Non-surgical treatment such as drug treatment, exercise treatment, and injection treatment is performed first according to the symptoms of the neck disc felt by the patient." It is also possible to perform nerve block surgery to reduce inflammation and swelling in the pain-causing area, and if the symptoms progress a lot and it is difficult to improve with non-surgical treatment, surgical treatment is inevitable."
If you feel neck pain, you should visit a spinal hospital and direct customized treatment after sufficient consultation with medical staff through MRI tests to accurately distinguish whether it is simple muscle pain or cervical intervertebral disc escapism that presses nerves. MRI tests are essential because they can accurately check the degree of nerve pressure along with disk escape.
If surgical treatment is required after MRI examination, the surgical method is determined by the medical staff. Recently, 'spine endoscopy' has attracted attention as a new paradigm for spinal treatment. Spinal endoscopy is a treatment that minimizes the incision and maximizes normal tissue. In a small incision of less than 1 cm, an endoscope and surgical instrument are inserted to remove the nerve-pressing disk while enlarging the lesion area. The most important thing in spinal endoscopy treatment is the effort to accurately match the symptoms mentioned by the patient during treatment with the MRI lesions.
Because spinal endoscopy treatment has little bleeding due to small incision and preserves normal tissue as much as possible, it is possible to walk on the day after surgery as well as to be discharged the next day.
Manager Jeong Yoon-kyo said, `The neck disc is very closely related to lifestyle, so prevention is of paramount importance. When using a smartphone, hold it at your eye level, and when using a PC, you should adjust the position of the monitor so that your neck does not lean forward. In particular, I hope that stretching to relieve the tension between the neck and shoulders will reduce the burden on the neck,' he said.
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This article was translated by Naver AI translator.
