I traveled 6 hours to hear a lecture by Dr. Roland Hazard, hoping for some answers for my myriad of spinal issues. (his new book is available). I think his focus is lumbar spine not cervical spine issues. He had just conducted a survey of docs at the spine conference and I was very interested in hearing his thoughts and the results.
The gist , and he backed it up with all the bells and whistles, is there is no good evidence that anything works including NSAIDs, injections, surgery. That doesn't mean things won't work for some....sometimes mostly for a while and of course if there is a loss of function that's another story in terms of surgery but his message is figure out your most important goals and what you need to do to try reach them. He also believes AI will change everything for spinal pain patients. He thinks in the near future we will know the best treatment for each individual patient based on analysis and most importantly evidence. I don't think he had "THE ANSWER" but that's really his message. You can find him on youtube, his book on Amazon or his presentation at the spine conference on Google Scholar....