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Hi, Max, The first thing I would check is the state of your neck muscles. Tight muscles cause compression of discs and lead to nerve impingements, which produce the symptoms you have described.
Hello, Kym, These results are moderate, compared to some I have seen. re: "disc desiccation" and "disc dehydration", those are terms for the same thing. The other results sound the same, to me
Hi, Janet. Sorry to hear of your distressing condition. Yes, I can help. Those are all symptoms of neck muscles in contraction, fatigued, and sore, with nerve impingement. Please see this write-up:
Hi, Eric, I know the sensation. There is a permanent solution: retrain your control of the muscles in your neck that cause the nerve pinch, so they relax. Without a change of the resting state
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