The main causes of facet hypertrophy include spinal degeneration, synovial inflammation, and joint instability or injury.

Medically reviewed by David Ozeri, MDNeck arthritis (also known as neck osteoarthritis or cervical spondylosis) is the ...

C.B. ANSWER: “Spondylosis” refers to degenerative arthritis of the spine. This can lead to hard structures like bone, bone spurs and ligaments compressing the nerves that come off the spinal cord, or ...

Cervical degenerative disc disease results from spinal spondylosis and causes deterioration of the intervertebral discs of the cervical spine. Desiccation of the discs leads to collapse of the ...