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Reversed curve of cervical spine

I’ve had episodes of severe pain in my left shoulder that reaches up into my neck and head.
It seems to happen every few weeks and each time is brought on by lifting or even a movement I once made while adjusting an infant in my arms.
I went to a specialist, he ordered an MRI on left shoulder.
It showed that I have a small tear, a spur and bursitis.
However, the speasensoredt believed it was more going on in my neck (possibly a pinched nerve).
He xray my neck and saw the reversed curve, then ordered another MRI on my neck.. It showed I have degenerative disk disease and my muscles are holding my neck in a more comfortable possition. And this results in the reverse curve.
He says there is nothing to do but put me on anti-inflammatory meds.
He would want to do surgery and fuse vertabre once the pain becomes too much for me, which could be many years away. Does his diagnoses sound right to you? Can this reverse curve be corrected by chiropractic care? Thank you for any help you can give. -Venus

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    I have a reverse curve also at c7/c6 and some formation of arthritis at that point. I think it was all aggravated by a chiropractor who cracked my neck. This was 30 years ago. The problem was diagnosed 20 years ago by xray. So far I haven’t had to do anything except avoid aggravating it. I do lift weights, but avoid this area if I can. I would have to be pretty hurt to consider anything other than minor surgery to take pressure or calcium off the nerves. A neighbor had severs nerve compression that atrophed his arm. He had fusion surgery where the doctors TOOK OUT two vertebre and tried to insert a steel spacer screwed to the non damaged vertebre. Guess what, it didn’t hold, he has osteoperosis and would up with a fixed neck brace for over a year while they tried to fix it.

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