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Dear Doctors: I had severe pain in my neck and couldn’t turn my head.
I saw an orthopedist, and she diagnosed me with bone spurs on my vertebrae. Apparently, my choices are doing physical therapy, seeing a pain specialist or having surgery. Can you please talk about these options?
Dear Reader: Bone spurs, which are also known as osteophytes, are rounded, bumpy or knobby overgrowths th…