The Unstable Cervical Disc
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stable fe' ^osing their normally firm and elastic outline they are left weak and unloss Qj. Abnormal stresses develop along their sensitive margins; movement and the ?Cross ^/otective muscle tone during fatigue now give rise to pain locally or referred 'MiCat T neck and shoulder (Kellgren i960). The unstable condition is further Co^seQe spasm and fatigue of muscles, headaches and minor degrees of giddiness ent ?n t^ie ^oss smo?th and balanced movements at the cervical segments. at the eSS Was a niarked feature of one case described here; its relation to spondylosis uPPer cervical levels has been noted by others (Ryan and Cope, 1955). >dr0 0rt *n the throat may also be related to instability at a cervical disc. The
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