Advances in massage therapy for nerve root cervical spondylopathy

Cervical spondylopathy is a common disease with nerve root cervical spondylopathy most frequently encountered in clinical practice． Surgery is not usually used in treatment of nerve root cervical spondy lopathy． Massage is the most common therapy for nerve root cervical spondy lopathy due to its low-risk, good therapeutic effect, and econom ics． Follow ing is a review of the advances in massage therapy for nerve root cervical spondy lopathy, and its advantages and disadvantages．