Arthritis of the neck

[Psybbo]

Would this cause back pain?
Thank you

[LoftyLottie]

Yes, upper back pain and shoulder pain and perhaps referred pain lower down the back. If your posture is disturbed and your muscles tense through pain in can cause pain elswewhere.

[Sqad]

NO..........extremely unlikely.

[LoftyLottie]

Oh dear! It did in my case Sqad, since I was very young - I had a lot of pain in my shoulders and upper back caused through the arthritis in my neck.

[LoftyLottie]

and headaches.

I can only speak of my own experience.

[Sqad]

Lofty...if it did, then it did.

Arthritis of the neck gives many symptoms, but a stiff painful neck is far more common. When people describe backpain as sibton has, the they usually mean pain at the bottom of the back....that is my assumption here and if true, then in my opinion it has little to do with his neck problem.

[shaneystar2]

Yes it does ..it goes right down your spine .
My neck is so bad I can hardly turn my head from left to right and it affects my shoulders.
I have whole body OA so know what I'm talking about :)

[LoftyLottie]

I didn't know sibton had lower back pain. So I took the whole back into consideration.

My neck problems actually never gave me neck pain. It restricts my neck movement and the pain is in the very top of my back/shoulders.

[LoftyLottie]

Agreed Shaney. Your post wasn't there before I posted.

[Psybbo]

Thank you for the replies. The pain is in the small of my back, and you all may be right if it caused by bad posture i.e stooping over computer

[shaneystar2]

There are exercises you can do to ease it sibton ,but hard to explain via a computer .Have a word with your GP .If it's giving you a lot of trouble he may refer you for physio which can help to allievate the pain and loosen the muscles a bit .Unfortunately once arthritis gets in your bones there's not much to be done ,
Take care.

[TOWIE]

I have spondolysis in my neck and when I look down, the whole of my upper spine hurts.

[LoftyLottie]

Hello Den x

Yes, I know what you mean. Mine does too. Don't forget that email! x

[Sqad]

Sibton, as you can see, there is a difference of opinion concerning your post.

A last comment from me.....you are female, so don.t assume that the pain in the small of your back is due to "arthritis in the neck "........it may well be, but if it continues despite sensible measures, then seek medical advice.

[netibiza]

Well maybe like me, sibton has back pain and because of the way she holds herself, it is causing neck pain.

[LoftyLottie]

I would be interested to know if Sqad has experienced arthritis in the neck!
The best people to answer whether it causes back pain or not are those surely that have it!!

However, I agree with Sqad's last comment. Medical opinion should be sought if it continues.

[rowanwitch]

Sibton sort out your work space to inprove your position when using the computer try a lumbar roll on your seat as I found it helps me keep in a good position... It might be worth asking for a referral to a physio in case to have made a bad postural adjustment to compensate for your neck problem... maybe holding yourself a little stiffly to avoid jarring ... and get up and stretch at least once an hour... if it continues it is likely they will need to get a few x rays or a scan to look for damage or degeneration.
Arthritis in the neck might not cause the back pain but you may have arthritic changes in your back at the same time

[Sqad]

Lofty...rowanwich has made my point better than I had.

Yes, ask people who have had low back pain from cervical arthritis but how can you be sure that it is not coming from the thoracolumbar spine disorders as suggested by rowanwich?
If you have cervical spondylosis AND lower back pain and the x-rays show normal lower thoracolumbar appearances then I would accept your statements.

[LoftyLottie]

Sqad, I answered correctly, neck pain can cause you to stiffen and bad posture and tight muscles can affect the rest of the back. I didn't say that sibton's pain was caused by her arthritis I just answered that it 'could' cause back pain. I don't know what is causing it. I didn't assume to know.

[Sqad]

Lofty...-;). I do understand that.

[LoftyLottie]

Sqad, you and I were right about the other personal matter!! The type of tests required have confirmed this. 3 tests over three hours.