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numbness in neck

Heart & Blood Health | Last Active: Jun 20, 2022 | Replies (6)

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@jenniferhunter

@becky1024 I wanted to respond to your post because I am a cervical spine surgery patient. I had a whiplash about 20 twenty years ago, that later down the road led to the C5/C6 disc rupturing into my spinal cord and also caused bone spurs to grow there along side it and all of it was compressing my spinal cord. The surprising thing, is it took very little to rupture a weakened disc after all those years. I was stretching my neck by turning my head and it popped with a sound, and suddenly my head turned a bit more. If a chiropractor makes a spinal adjustment to a person like this, there is a high risk of injury to the person. Injuries like this also cause instability that can cause the bones of the vertebrae to contact the spinal cord if there is a force applied to them, or even just by changing the position of the neck depending on how bad the instability is. That alone is a reason to really consider if a chiropractor is a good choice at all when a person has had spine injuries. Chiropractors can't fix a structural spine problem or a collapsed disc, and if a person's spinal discs are not strong enough or intact enough to hold the spine in place, a chiropractor's manipulations can cause an injury. Keep in mind that a severe spine injury can cause permanent paralysis and disabilities.

Have you sought medical care from a surgical spine specialist about your spine injuries? Things change over the years and a condition can become a lot worse. Are you still dealing with loss of feeling in your arms, legs and neck?

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Thank you for the information, my initial injury to the neck happened in 1962. None of what you refer to was known back then, so a chiropractor was the first line of care treatment. My arms, hands, legs and feet pain are not an issue anymore since the nerve coating was destroyed by a blood disorder I have and the nerves involved are dead, so I feel no pain. It’s a dangerous situation I’m in, not knowing if I’ve injured myself or worse, if I get cut, I won’t know I’m bleeding till I spot the blood or someone else does. Any cut I do get, takes forever to heal because of the blood disorder, so all major surgeries are out and I’d never know if I’m making an injury worse. Thank you for your concern, as the saying goes, “l’m between a rock and a hard place!”