In addition to a complete history and physical examination, your doctor can use several diagnostic tests such as spine X-ray, spine MRI or spine CT scans and Electromyography and nerve conduction studies to diagnose cervical radiculopathy and myelopathy. Magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) scan of your spine may be ordered to confirm the diagnosis and to rule out the other conditions causing similar symptoms. Your doctor will perform physical examination to diagnose cervical myelopathy. Patients with myelopathy presents with weakness, problems manipulating small objects, and difficulty with normal gait.
Degenerative Spondylolisthesis: This condition is degeneration (wear and tear) of the vertebral components, usually occurring after age 50, causing slippage of a vertebra onto another, leading to spinal stenosis, a narrowing of the spinal canal.Ĭervical radiculopathy can result in pain, numbness, or weakness in the shoulder, arm, wrist or hand. Spinal Stenosis: Narrowing of the spinal canal as we age, most commonly due to degenerative arthritis. Degenerative Disc Disease: A condition caused by wear and tear on the discs between the vertebrae causing them to lose their cushioning ability. CausesĬonditions that can cause radiculopathy/myelopathy include On the other hand cervical myelopathy refers to compression of the spinal cord within the neck. Radiculopathy is a medical term used to describe the neurological deficits that can occur from pressure on the nerves and spinal cord, such as arm or finger weakness, numbness or pain.Ĭervical radiculopathy refers to a dysfunction of a nerve root caused by injury or compression of a spinal nerve root in the neck. Disc protrusion, also called herniated disc, is a condition caused by a tear in an intervertebral disc allowing the disc contents to bulge out.ĭisc protrusions in the cervical or neck area places pressure on nerve roots (nerve root compression) or the spinal cord causing radiculopathy. 
It is made up of bony segments called vertebrae and fibrous tissue called intervertebral discs. The spine, also called the back bone, is designed to give us stability, smooth movement, as well as providing a corridor of protection for the delicate spinal cord.
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