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Severe Pain In The Neck After A Fall. Not Able To Move The Neck. Need To Get An X-ray?
Hi, my good friend slipped this morning in the bathroom and hit the back of his neck on the bath tub (i don t know exactly how he managed to do so), and he now is unable to move his neck to the right and is in a lot of pain. I was wondering which would be the best course of action, to go to a doctor? or chiropractor? or get an x-ray? or any other forms of help, or would it be okay to just leave it and see if the pain passes (he think s he ll just wait out the pain) Thankyou
Thu, 13 Sep 2012
Orthopaedic Surgeon, Joint Replacement, Dr. Saurabh Gupta's Response
Hello meg,
Thanks for posting your query
If your friend had injury over cervical spine region & if it is painful, then first you have to immobilse it by a cervical collar.
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Severe Pain In The Neck After A Fall. Not Able To Move The Neck. Need To Get An X-ray?
Hello meg, Thanks for posting your query If your friend had injury over cervical spine region & if it is painful, then first you have to immobilse it by a cervical collar. It may be a soft tissue injury or a cervical vertebra fracture. So if it is a fracture, movement of neck can cause damage to the nerve root. So you have to visit an orthopaedic surgeon for exam. of cervical spine & xray and treatment plan according to that. Regards.