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What is it like to recover from a c6 herniation?
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Operate/no operate: Ask your neurosurgeon or ortho spine surgeon for details about operative vs non-operative care for your disc herniation. If you choose surgery, ask your surgeon for length of recovery. Outcomes from single-level cervical spine surgery to treat disc herniations show 90% to 95% of patients reporting excellent and good outcomes. Take a friend to hear about the risk/benefit analysis of your case.
Answered 12/9/2013
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Variable: Most often the pain resulting from a disc herniation will subside witin 4-8 wks. Patients' symptoms vary and usually it is a combination of pain in the neck, pain running down the arm and numbness or "tingling" sensations. People are generally able to progressively increase their activities as the pain subsides over this time. I think it is important to avoid very strenuous activities as well.
Answered 12/9/2012
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