Hi,I was diagnosed with Cervical ribs in 2009 and the doctor recommended physio therapy to help relieve the pain. Later, towards the end of 2011 the pain around my left side of the chest worsened with a lot of tinglings on both hands. The doctor recomended i do a MRI scan which in addition to the cervical ribs showed i had a reversal of lordosis. it also indicated i had a mild degenerative dessication of cervical disk. The doctor recomended a resection of the cervical ribs which i did early last year and said the latter 2 should not be a matter of concern. Lately, i have had to cope with a lot of pain around my neck, hypersensitivity on my teeth and tingling on my left hand when i bent either forward or backward. I have done physiotherapy for the last 2 months but with no improvement. my neck is also becoming stiff and i cannot turn freely.What could be the problem and the solution to this?
Hello, thanks for writing to USI have studied your case. After operating for cervical rib there can be some soft tissue fibrosis leading to pain and stiffness you need to continue physiotherapy, you may need to continue for a couple of months also there can be pain due to compression of nerve due to spinal disc bulge. Nerve compression leads to radiating pain to arm, which gets aggravated in a particular position. You should do repeat MRI and see for any pathology continue IN methylcobalamine once in weekday care,