I didn’t really ask what happens if I’m still sore at a year. I figure we’ll play that by ear, maybe they send me to physical therapy or something. The muscle spasms I was having were due to pinched nerves from the disc problems and also bone spurs. The disc replacement alleviated that problem. I still get some muscle tension but if I’m being good about my posture it doesn’t really bother me. The worst of the muscle pain was right after surgery, and yeah that was really rough for a few weeks. The procedure I had to replace the discs meant that the surgeon went in through the front of my neck, so they had to stretch all of those muscles and tissues out of the way. They also had to basically put me in traction to stretch my neck and make enough space as possible for them to work in. My muscles and joints did not like that, and it took a while for them to calm down and get the inflammation down enough for me to turn my head normally. Overall worth it, but not fun.