Cervical collars – why do they help some people and not ... | 合法醫療器材資訊網

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Ross Hauser, MD

Many patients we see have a long history of neck pain treatment. One of the treatments or therapies that they have been prescribed is the use of a cervical collar or cervical traction in an attempt to alleviate the patient’s symptoms by stretching the spinal vertebrae to relieve pressure and pain on the nerves that transverse the cervical vertebrae. For many patients, this will provide relief of symptoms. For some patients, the cervical collar may cause more problems than it was designed to help.  The automatic prescription of a cervical collar in instances of neck pain should not be automatic, but, carefully considered in each patient’s situation to maximize benefit and minimalize complication.

The above question was asked by a team lead by Harvard Medical School researchers in a 2008 paper appearing in th...