The term Cervical spondylosis describes chronic degenerative lesions of single or multiple intervertebral discs with formation of osteophytes in related vertebral bodies. Cervical spondylosis is a leading cause of musculoskeletal disability in humans.

Most people with spondylotic changes of the cervical spine on radiographic imaging remain asymptomatic with 25% of individuals under the age of 40, 50% of individual over the age of 40, and 85% of individuals over the age of 60 showing some evidence of degenerative changes. The most frequently affected levels are C6-C7 followed by C5-C6. Symptomatic Cervical spondylosis most commonly present as neck pain.

In the general population, the point prevalence of neck pain ranges from 0.4% to 41.5%, the 1- year incidence ranges from 4.8% to 79.5%, and lifetime prevalence may be as high as 86.8%.According to the Global Burden of Disease 2019, neck pain ranked second only to back pain as a cause of total years lived with disability (YLD) and the fourth leading cause of disability -adjusted life years (DALYs). In general neck pain rankings were also higher in developed regions of the world

The international incidence of Cervical spondylosis is 2.5 cases per 1000 population. While in India, incidence is 3.5 cases per 1000 population. It is determined by the age of 70 approximately 100 percent of males, 96 percent of females will have some degree of Cervical spondylosis

The primary risk factor and contributor or the incidence of Cervical spondylosis is age-related degeneration of the intervertebral disc and cervical spinal elements. Degenerative changes in surrounding structures, including the uncovertebral joints, facet joints, posterior longitudinal ligament (PLL), and ligamentum flavum all combine to cause narrowing of the spinal vasculature, and nerve roots can be compressed, resulting in the three clinical symptoms in which Cervical spondylosis presents: axial neck pain, Cervical myelopathy and Cervical radiculopathy.