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A 72-year-old male presents to the office with a chief complaint of neck pain for 30 years. He denies numbness or tingling in his upper extremities. He reports restricted range of motion and increased pain with physical exercise and sitting at a computer. He has experienced progressive difficulty turning his head left and right while driving. He has history of lumbar laminectomy, psoriasis, hypertension, diabetes, hyperlipidemia, cholecystectomy, and prostatectomy. He also reports multiple sports injuries when playing football in high school with “stingers and burners” and two motor vehicle accidents. His occupation is a lawyer. His BMI is 35 kg/m2.
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Varlotta, C. (2022). Case Studies. In: Harbus, M., Cooper, G., Herrera, J.E., Meyler, Z., Funiciello, M. (eds) A Case-Based Approach to Neck Pain. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-17308-0_9
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