Most symptoms in the cases of cervical splash
injury are associated with a facet pain(intra-vertebral
joint pain
of cervix). The facet pain causes a headache
through the stimulation of greater occipital
nerves and causes muscular
rigidity around neck and shoulders by the
stimulation of sympathetic nerves. The facet
pain is induced when short
muscles and liguments distributary around
the inter-vertebral joint of cervix protecting
the joints is damaged. A facet
block is, therefore, much more effective
than stellate ganglion block(SGB) for most
cases with splash injury. Efficacy of
facet block is also obtained for cases with
cervical instability,spondylopathy,etc. The
most radical therapy for these
disorders is a combination therapy, that
is, a cervical traction
aiming at enhancing the muscle power in
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