• Whiplash injury is accompanied by neck pain and stiffness as well as headaches . (symptoma.com)
  • The most common symptoms in WI patients are neck pain , stiffness and headaches , often originating from the base of the skull. (symptoma.com)
  • Symptoms such as neck pain and stiffness or arm pain or numbness are common with whiplash injury. (symptoma.com)
  • 11651 ='Nailbiting' 11652 ='Thumbsucking' 12000 ='Abnormal involuntary movements' 12050 ='Convulsions' 12070 ='Symptoms of head, NEC' 12100 ='Headache, pain in head' 12150 ='Memory, disturbances of' 12200 ='Disturbances of sensation' 12201 ='Loss of feeling (anesthesia)' 12202 ='Increased sensation (hyperesthesia)' 12203 ='Abnormal sensation (paresthesia)' 12204 ='Other disturbances of sense, includin. (cdc.gov)
  • The author reports a case of right facial numbness and right cheek pain after a whiplash injury. (symptoma.com)
  • 10551 ='Rib pain' 10552 ='Side pain, flank pain' 10553 ='Groin pain' 10554 ='Facial pain' 10600 ='Pain and related symptoms, generalize. (cdc.gov)
  • In turn, it would simultaneously reduce the regional electrical impedance from 1,000 millivolt (mv) to 60 mv and immediately would relieve the neck and shoulder pain. (drging.com)
  • While chronic neck pain persists in some cases, most patients fully recover after an appropriate therapy. (symptoma.com)
  • Vertebrae, vertebral joints with ligaments and intervertebral discs and neck muscles may be involved as well as vessels and nervous tissue, particularly dorsal root ganglia. (symptoma.com)
  • Muscle strain of the neck and upper back can cause acute pain . (symptoma.com)
  • Arm pain can also "referred" from other parts of the neck, meaning the pain is felt at a place away from the injured areas but not resulting from pressure on a nerve. (symptoma.com)
  • Almost all cases have neck pain complications. (symptoma.com)
  • 10500 ='Chest pain and related symptoms' 10501 ='Chest pain' 10502 ='Chest discomfort, pressure, tightness' 10503 ='Burning sensation in the chest' 10550 ='Pain, specified site not referable to. (cdc.gov)
  • This review discusses use of RFA for back pain including facetogenic pain, including cervical and lumbar pain due to sacroiliac (SI) dysfunction, and finally discogenic pain. (medscape.com)
  • The joints are innervated by the medial branches of the cervical dorsal rami. (medscape.com)
  • Cervical radicular pain is the pain caused by irritation or inflammation or injury of a cervical spine nerve. (e-algos.com)
  • The most common cause of chronic (over 3 months) cervical radicular pain is the formation of adhesions around a nerve root and its chronic irritation. (e-algos.com)
  • Cervical radicular pain is characterized by neck pain radiating to the posterior side of the shoulder, forearm and sometimes may reach down to the hand. (e-algos.com)
  • Pain originating from the fourth cervical root (C4) is localized in the neck and suprascapular region. (e-algos.com)
  • Pain from the fifth cervical root (C5) radiates to the forearm, whereas pain from the sixth and seventh root (C6 and C7) extends to the neck, shoulder, forearm and hand. (e-algos.com)
  • Induced shoulder or forearm pain is an indication of probable compression of the cervical spinal root. (e-algos.com)
  • Reduction or elimination of pain indicates probable cervical radicular origin. (e-algos.com)
  • [ 24 ] In patients with chronic pain after whiplash who underwent double-blinded differential block studies (blocking the medial branch), pain in the distribution of the medial branch of the dorsal ramus was confirmed in 54% of patients. (medscape.com)
  • Other causes may be: spinal canal stenosis, intervertebral foraminal stenosis (at the point where the nerve root exits), spondylolysthesis, syringomyelia and radiculitis following radiation or chemotherapy. (e-algos.com)
  • MRI is the examination of choice, showing morphological changes taking place in intervertebral discs, spinal cord, nerve roots and surrounding soft tissues. (e-algos.com)
  • [ 18 ] If strict criteria, including pain relief and ability to perform prior painful movements, are used as the standard for evaluating the effect of controlled local anesthetic blocks, the diagnostic validity of lumbar facet joint nerve blocks may be preserved, even with the use of sedation. (medscape.com)
  • The C2-C3 facet joint is innervated by the third occipital nerve (one of the medial branches of the C3 dorsal ramus), and to some degree by one of the medial branches of the C2 dorsal ramus. (medscape.com)
  • Radiating pain follows the dermatome distribution of the affected nerve but also affects the tissues innervated by this nerve, such as muscles, joints, ligaments and skin. (e-algos.com)
  • The most commonly used supplementary examinations are radiological evaluation, electrophysiological testing and diagnostic selective nerve root blocks. (e-algos.com)
  • The pain is located in the upper arm ipsilateral to the lesion and is acute, stabbing, electric shock-like. (e-algos.com)
  • 10500 ='Chest pain and related symptoms' 10501 ='Chest pain' 10502 ='Chest discomfort, pressure, tightness' 10503 ='Burning sensation in the chest' 10550 ='Pain, specified site not referable to. (cdc.gov)
  • 10551 ='Rib pain' 10552 ='Side pain, flank pain' 10553 ='Groin pain' 10554 ='Facial pain' 10600 ='Pain and related symptoms, generalize. (cdc.gov)
  • 11651 ='Nailbiting' 11652 ='Thumbsucking' 12000 ='Abnormal involuntary movements' 12050 ='Convulsions' 12070 ='Symptoms of head, NEC' 12100 ='Headache, pain in head' 12150 ='Memory, disturbances of' 12200 ='Disturbances of sensation' 12201 ='Loss of feeling (anesthesia)' 12202 ='Increased sensation (hyperesthesia)' 12203 ='Abnormal sensation (paresthesia)' 12204 ='Other disturbances of sense, includin. (cdc.gov)
  • It is well established that lumbar medial branch ablation is an effective means of reducing pain in carefully selected patients on the basis of controlled diagnostic blocks. (medscape.com)
  • [ 16 , 18 , 19 ] Patients who undergo cryoablation of the lumber facet medial branches based on positive diagnostic medial branch blocks have better long-term pain relief than patients who are diagnosed by use of per capsular blocks. (medscape.com)
  • Radicular pain is a symptom induced by ectopic excitation, while radiculopathy involves also neurological signs, such as sensory or/and motor changes. (e-algos.com)
  • Each dorsal ramus sends medial branches to the facet joint at its own level and one level below. (medscape.com)
  • The most common levels causing pain have been noted to be C2-C3, followed by C5-C6 and then C4-C5. (medscape.com)
  • However, relative percentage improvement of visual analogue scores (VAS) and Oswestry low back pain disability questionnaire scores at 3 months postprocedure did improve significantly in the conventional RF (CRF) group. (medscape.com)