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  • foxylady
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    Sir, is this spinal cord compression? On my MRI report it says -C5-C6 and C6-C7 disc degeneration resulting in Ventral Cord Indentation and worsening C6 and C7 foraminal nerve root compression, worse on right.

    Donald Corenman, MD, DC
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    “C6 and C7 foraminal nerve root compression” is compression of the nerve roots (not spinal cord). “Ventral Cord Indentation” is effacement but not compression of the cord. There is no “strangulation” of the cord but one sided “pushing’ on the cord. Normally, that pushing is generally asymptomatic.

    Dr. Corenman

    PLEASE REMEMBER, THIS FORUM IS MEANT TO PROVIDE GENERAL INFORMATION ON SPINE ANATOMY, CONDITIONS AND TREATMENTS. TO GET AN ACCURATE DIAGNOSIS, YOU MUST VISIT A QUALIFIED PROFESSIONAL IN PERSON.
     
    Donald Corenman, MD, DC is a highly-regarded spine surgeon, considered an expert in the area of neck and back pain. Trained as both a Medical Doctor and Doctor of Chiropractic, Dr. Corenman earned academic appointments as Clinical Assistant Professor and Assistant Professor of Orthopaedic Surgery at the University of Colorado Health Sciences Center, and his research on spine surgery and rehabilitation has resulted in the publication of multiple peer-reviewed articles and two books.
    foxylady
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    Ok, thank you.
    Would any of the nerve compression mentioned above cause problems into the shoulder? I have shoulder impingement too, there is a bone spur rubbing on a muscle, now today the Dr said he will not operate to remove the bone spur as he says alot of my symptoms are coming from the cervical spine. If I try to do anything using my arms I get a bright red cheek on right side, and go all flushed, feel dizzy, so I thought something was trapping some blood flow maybe? or pressing on nerve? The dr today in one breath he’s saying oh it’s your neck, then in the next breath he’s saying you may have an inflammatory illness causing the inflammation in shoulder. I feel he’s fobbing me off so he doesn’t have to do anything. What do you think please?

    Donald Corenman, MD, DC
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    Your shoulder symptoms could be from the neck or the shoulder. A thorough physical examination can many times differentiate between the two. If not, a selective nerve root block at C5-6 and C6-7 with temporary relief of your symptoms would diagnose neck origin where a shoulder diagnostic injection with relief implicates the shoulder as the source.

    See:
    https://neckandback.com/treatments/epidural-injections-and-selective-nerve-root-blocks-diagnostic-and-therapeutic-neck/
    https://neckandback.com/treatments/diagnostic-therapeutic-neck/
    https://neckandback.com/treatments/pain-diary-instructions-for-spinal-injections-neck/

    Dr. Corenman

    PLEASE REMEMBER, THIS FORUM IS MEANT TO PROVIDE GENERAL INFORMATION ON SPINE ANATOMY, CONDITIONS AND TREATMENTS. TO GET AN ACCURATE DIAGNOSIS, YOU MUST VISIT A QUALIFIED PROFESSIONAL IN PERSON.
     
    Donald Corenman, MD, DC is a highly-regarded spine surgeon, considered an expert in the area of neck and back pain. Trained as both a Medical Doctor and Doctor of Chiropractic, Dr. Corenman earned academic appointments as Clinical Assistant Professor and Assistant Professor of Orthopaedic Surgery at the University of Colorado Health Sciences Center, and his research on spine surgery and rehabilitation has resulted in the publication of multiple peer-reviewed articles and two books.
    foxylady
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    Thank you. I have had a guided injection in the shoulder in December 2022 and it made me feel better but only for 3 weeks, they said it should help for 3 months. When they did the injection in shoulder I got some feeling back in my feet temporarily, and no dr can explain why. I also have not had any of those strange falls since they injected the shoulder and the Dr today just doesn’t seem to think it’s connected but I do.

    The Neurosurgeons refuse to do anything about my nerve compression in my neck. Last year when my right arm stopped working they just said see if it gets better on it’s own. It did, but I still have some days when my grip goes weak and I drop things.

    Donald Corenman, MD, DC
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    Grip problems generally are not shoulder oriented. You probably have two separate issues with neck and shoulder.

    Dr. Corenman

    PLEASE REMEMBER, THIS FORUM IS MEANT TO PROVIDE GENERAL INFORMATION ON SPINE ANATOMY, CONDITIONS AND TREATMENTS. TO GET AN ACCURATE DIAGNOSIS, YOU MUST VISIT A QUALIFIED PROFESSIONAL IN PERSON.
     
    Donald Corenman, MD, DC is a highly-regarded spine surgeon, considered an expert in the area of neck and back pain. Trained as both a Medical Doctor and Doctor of Chiropractic, Dr. Corenman earned academic appointments as Clinical Assistant Professor and Assistant Professor of Orthopaedic Surgery at the University of Colorado Health Sciences Center, and his research on spine surgery and rehabilitation has resulted in the publication of multiple peer-reviewed articles and two books.
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