Cervical Spondylosis 'Delayed' Symptoms. How C/S Symptoms manifest themselves.

[ginger]

Gerry,
I was in a quandary when reading over your material wether it would be best to avoid offering corrections to the many errors relating to the physiology and anatomy of "spondylosis", or wether to simply offer my encouragements to seek these details yourself.
One thing is clear to me, that you have offered insightful connections to some of the apparent puzzle about spinal pain. The important one I believe, is to see spinal pain as the inevitable product of protective behaviour.
We all have instinctive, hard wired behaviours linking threat to eg, withdrawal, tonic changes, spasm, etc. One of these is the spinal protective mechanism that is, according to the model I first wrote in 2005, the ubiquitous element in many pain conditions.
It may interest you to know , that some forms of manual treatment are valuable in reducing and often eliminating this behaviour. The most effective being, continuous mobilisation (CM ).
I look forward to discussing this with you if you wish.
Cheers
Geoff Fisher

[gerry the neck]

HI Geoff

Thanks for your encouraging comments, and yes, you are correct, I have no formal training in spinal conditions. All I go on is my own C/S experience, and, although there may be many technical errors, to the trained eye, I'm only claiming that I use an intuitive approach. I totally understand that a trained P/T must be critical of these types of speculation, because, having to deal with many varying conditions, they must maintain a balanced judgement. Perhaps, some of the answers to the puzzles we all seek to resolve lie somewhere in the middle. I dream to think that some of my speculations may have relevance on a wider scale, but even in this I may be overstepping the mark.

It was the lack of identifiable descriptions of C/S which kick started my investigations, which, besides my proposed sleep therapies and avoidance of aggravation therapies, are only conducted on a private thinking level, and not on the levels which a P/T would encounter. I am always open to opinions on this, critical or not, and am prepared to adjust my overview as necessary. As you can probably detect, currently I believe strongly in what I have posted previously, but even those ideas evolved through changes. So, any comments are welcome, within reason.

PS. Any easy way to access your earlier writings on 'protective reactions' ?

Regards
Gerry Daly