====== Cervical spine instability ====== see [[Pediatric cervical spine instability]]. Cervical [[spine instability]] is frequently discovered accidentally in an [[asymptomatic]] patient, especially in [[connective tissue]] disorders associated with [[ligament]]ous laxity, and in congenital anomalies. The second clinical picture is that of [[torticollis]] associated with variable trauma. Rarely is a neurological deficit the revealing clinical sign.