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Dr. Howard Cotler explains what patients can expect after cervical spine surgery. For more information or to schedule a consultation call 713-523-8884 or visit http://www.gulfcoastspinecare.com.

The first thing I like to see after cervical spine surgery is relief of arm pain. And when you take the pressure off the nerve, or off the spinal cord, the first time the patient wakes up they feel excellent relief of their arm pain. The radiculopathy, the pinched nerve sort of feelings. Gradually, muscle strength recovers over time, as they continue to do exercise. Numbness, tingling or what we call dysesthesias, which are creepy crawling feelings on your skin, that's the last thing that recovers. If it ever recovers, after nerve damage. So, all of this is a process. Recovery is ongoing. Most people plateau, at least from a cervical spine, at about a year after surgery. Then you are gonna know what your abilities of your nerves are to recover. And you have to remember, if they have the appropriate diagnosis, they get the appropriate operation. They get the appropriate expected outcome or response. Relief after cervical spine surgery can be immediate.