How do I know if I have. Pinched nerve?!

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Pinched nerves give symptoms such as radiating pain away from the neck, altered sensation & pins and needles. These would usually be felt in the shoulder or arm.

See an osteopath chiro or physiotherapist for an evaluation and treatment.

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A pinched nerve occurs when too much pressure is applied to a nerve by surrounding tissues — such as bones, cartilage, muscles or tendons. This pressure disrupts the nerve's function, causing pain, tingling, numbness or weakness.
A pinched nerve can occur at several sites in your body.

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a pinched nerve usually begins as impinged nerve fibers within the spinal cord in the upper neck, regardless where they happen to eminate from it as nerves and manifest symptoms such the typical neuritic "shooting" or sharp pain, numbness, tingling, or any other symptom. see an hio method upper cervical specific chiropractor.

Try a massage therapist and/or a chiropractor. They can help you.