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Spinal Arthritis Symptoms

Spinal Arthritis is another name for Spondylosis, Degenerative Joint Disease, and Osteoarthritis. This condition is a completely normal part of aging for most people. There is a lot of controversy about why some people develop painful symptoms with arthritis of the spine, while the majority have little or no pain whatsoever.

Spinal Arthritis

Symptoms of Spinal Arthritis

* Pain in the actual spinal joints. This is usually caused by bone to bone contact between the vertebrae, or bone spurs that have formed around the spinal joints.

* Neurological symptoms such as tingling, numbness, or weakness. This is usually caused by bone spurs compressing a nerve or nerve root. Bone spurs can take up much of the intervertebral space a nerve requires to exit from the spine.

* Loss of flexibility and range of motion in the affected area of the back. Stiffness might be especially noticeable in the morning.

* The sound or feeling of bone on bone “crunching” or “cracking”. This is called crepitus and is not inherently painful. It can be scary though…

* Lumbar osteoarthritis can be painful when sitting or lifting.

* Cervical osteoarthritis can be painful with motion of the neck.

Recommendation for Spinal Arthritis Symptoms

Are you getting older? Of course, we all are. Look in the mirror…What do you see? Grey hair? Wrinkles? ( not me…at least not yet …)

You can’t see osteoarthritis in the mirror but it is there, or will be soon. It is normal. Don’t worry about it. If you look at the symptoms as NORMAL and just another fact of life, you will be ok. Your wrinkles don’t hurt. Your gray hair doesn’t hurt. Your osteoarthritis does not have to hurt either. Relax. You will be fine.
Spinal Arthritis to Back Pain Home page 6/2/06 Revised 8/29/07


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