Ali Çimen

Istanbul University, Istanbul Faculty Of Medicine, Department Of Algology, İstanbul, Turkey

Keywords: Servikal omurga, ağrı, tedavi

Abstract

Chronic pain originating from the cervical spine, that may have diverse etiological factors, is a common condition in the clinical practice. Having distinct properties in the spine, cervical column has a wide range of motion and is commonly subject to traumatic injury. In this review, after the anatomical properties that has clinical significance and the evaluation of a patient with cervical pain are explained, the common cervical spinal pain conditions are discussed by emphasizing the therapeutic approaches in each condition.