Pain, numbness, burning, tingling, weakness...Cervical Radiculopathy can be a scary diagnosis for your patients.
How can you incorporate better education into their treatment?
Remember, they haven't been through PT school, they don't know all that we do about different treatments and outcomes...
For them, in addition to pain, this numbness, tingling, and weakness is uncomfortable, unknown, and unsettling...all of which can illicit a fear response, which we know can perpetuate the condition.
Here is a post all about What Cervical Radiculopathy is and the best treatment options that yield the best results....