“Discomfort in the upper part of the neck can be registered with orthopedics or neurology, as follows: First, you can register with orthopedics and do CT or MRI examination of the cervical spine to determine whether it is caused by cervical spondylosis, and also to check whether it is caused by fasciitis or muscle spasm in the neck. Second, except for the above causes, you can go to neurology to do head and craniocervical junction examination, such as common brainstem and cerebellar diseases can lead to this condition, such as bleeding in the brainstem and cerebellum, tumors and meningitis resulting in neck ankylosis, etc.. It can also be seen in craniocervical junction diseases such as subungual herniation of the cerebellum, cervical spinal cord cavity or skull base depression, atlantoaxial spinal deformity, etc., and can be examined by magnetic resonance or open-field films of the craniocervical junction.”