Pinched nerve in neck, will electro-therapy help?!
Question: I have been suffering with what my doctor thinks is a pinched nerve in my neck for quite awhile.
I have pins and needles in my arms, a burning pain in my left shoulder pain, dizziness, and a tingly stiff neck. My doctor reassures me that these are all normal symptoms for a pinched nerve.
Anyways, he prescribed an anti-inflammatory pill and a muscle relaxant gel. I'm also supposed to have therapy everyday for 1 week. I had my first one today. It was 10 minutes of electro-therapy, followed by 10 minutes of heat therapy.
I have to admit that I am skeptical that this is going to really work. Has anyone else had a pinched nerve in the neck? Did you have the same symptoms as I do? Have you tried electro-therapy? Did it work?
Thanks!
Answers: I have been suffering with what my doctor thinks is a pinched nerve in my neck for quite awhile.
I have pins and needles in my arms, a burning pain in my left shoulder pain, dizziness, and a tingly stiff neck. My doctor reassures me that these are all normal symptoms for a pinched nerve.
Anyways, he prescribed an anti-inflammatory pill and a muscle relaxant gel. I'm also supposed to have therapy everyday for 1 week. I had my first one today. It was 10 minutes of electro-therapy, followed by 10 minutes of heat therapy.
I have to admit that I am skeptical that this is going to really work. Has anyone else had a pinched nerve in the neck? Did you have the same symptoms as I do? Have you tried electro-therapy? Did it work?
Thanks!
A MRI will confirm your question. The Doctor is correct with the explanation, but they are only guessing without a MRI. Sounds like a disk is protruding against a nerve. Try a pain management Doctor. They may be able to shrink the disk back in place in order to avoid a neck fusion. The tingling and discomfort may be better than the fusion. If your mobility is impaired and pain persist, your a candidate for a Neurologist, which could result in a sore neck for life! A TENS UNIT is a device you can carry around and use a few times a day. It's the same thing your getting at PT and cost a lot less. Your local drug store has a heat strip that can be worn at work and is disposable, or a heating pad you can plug in. I hope you don't need surgery and I'm wrong. Good Luck!!
If it's the same therapy that my chiropractor did on my neck. Then yes. They use this probe that send electrical currents through your skin. Then my chiropractor would crack all my bones. I was rear ended at 60 or so miles an hour and had some pain because of it. I saw the chiropractor for a year and 1/2 and that was over 10 years ago. I have little to no pain today.