Neck Pain

I’m Michael R. Wheeler, MD, a spine surgeon with offices in Dallas and Plano. If you are wondering about a herniated disc in the neck and what to expect, the questions are almost always the same when someone comes in after a new diagnosis of a cervical disc herniation. Does this get better, how long…

Most neck pain gets better on its own. You slept wrong, spent too many hours hunched over a screen, or strained something during a workout. A few days of rest and it fades. That is the version most people experience, and it is usually not cause for alarm. But some neck pain does not follow…