1.What is cervical spondylosis? Cervical spondylosis is also known clinically as cervical spine syndrome, cervical proliferative arthritis, cervical degenerative arthritis, and neck and shoulder syndrome. It is a slowly progressive degenerative disease, commonly found in middle-aged and elderly people. Its onset is due to degeneration or protrusion of cervical disc, narrowing of cervical space, loosening of joint capsule, imbalance of internal balance and formation of progressive bone redundancy, which stimulate or compress the adjacent cervical crest nerve roots, cervical crest medulla, vertebral artery, anterior crest artery and cervical sympathetic nerve and other tissues respectively, resulting in a comprehensive syndrome with complicated symptoms and extensive effects. 2.Is cervical spine osteophytes cervical spondylosis? Strictly speaking, cervical spine osteophytes are not equal to cervical spondylosis. Those who have symptoms such as osteophytes and pain and numbness in the neck, shoulder and arm can be called cervical spondylosis. So don’t think you have cervical spondylosis once you see osteophytes on an X-ray. 3.Why is the incidence of cervical spondylosis so high? The cervical spine is connected to the skull and the thoracic spine. It has four physiological curvatures, which can be used for weight-bearing, shock absorption, guidance and sliding, and its functions are much more complex than those of the thoracic and lumbar spine, and its usage rate is much higher, so it is also more prone to damage. As people age, the crestal spine also degenerates. Cervical spine osteophytes and herniated discs occur in middle-aged and elderly people, and then develop into various symptoms when the intervertebral foramen is narrowed and the vertebral body is destabilized, and the incidence of cervical spondylosis is about 10% to 25% in adults and about 45% in people over 60 years old.