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Cervical instability is characterized as a structural instability causing the patient to feel as if the neck and upper spine are moving with greater movement than what the bone, muscles, and ligaments can accommodate. Symptoms include neck pain and muscle spasms.
How do members experience craniocervical instability?
Top 5 symptoms reported by people with craniocervical instability*
*Reports may be affected by other conditions and/or medication side effects. We ask about general symptoms (anxious mood, depressed mood, fatigue, pain, and stress) regardless of condition.
Top treatments taken by people for craniocervical instability*
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Cervical instability is characterized as a structural instability causing the patient to feel as if the neck and upper spine are moving with greater movement than what the bone, muscles, and ligaments can accommodate. Symptoms include neck pain and muscle spasms.
Common symptoms reported by people with craniocervical instability
Reports may be affected by other conditions and/or medication side effects. We ask about general symptoms (anxious mood, depressed mood, fatigue, pain, and stress) regardless of condition.
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Treatments taken by people for craniocervical instability
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Compare treatments taken by people with craniocervical instability
Let’s build this page together! When you share what it’s like to have craniocervical instability through your profile, those stories and data appear here too.
Got a question about living with craniocervical instability? Members in the forum might have the answers.
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