Rheumatoid Arthritis in the Spine - Back Pain, Neck Pain, Lower ...Rheumatoid arthritis of the spine can cause neck pain and back pain. Joint deterioration from arthritis can lead to compression of the spinal cord and/or the spinal ...Rheumatoid Arthritis of the Spine – AllAboutBackandNeckPain.comRheumatoid Arthritis (RA) Rheumatoid (room-a-toyd) arthritis or RA is a disease that affects all of the synovial (sin-o-vee-al) joints in the body including the spine.RA and back pain - Symptoms of RA - Rheumatoid ArthritisFrom what I've read and heard, RA mostly affects the "small joints". SO, I am wondering if the TERRIBLE lower back and hip pain I have is RA related. I have never ...