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One of the common causes of a pinched nerve in the neck is a muscle spasm or muscle strain putting pressure on the nerve and compressing it. Relaxing the muscle will usually relieve the symptoms you are feeling. Listed below are some self-treatments for a pinched nerve in the neck that you can attempt.
If you have a pinched nerve in the neck, and/or a pinched nerve in the shoulder, then you can have numbness and/or tingling down the arm, or shoulder numbness/tingling, or pain in the shoulder and/or upper and/or lower arm whose source can't be identified by palpation (poking and prodding around).arpal Tunnel Syndrome and symptoms can be PURELY a function of a pinched nerve up at the neck and/or shoulder. NOT pinched nerve symptoms: Most people wake up with a crink in their neck or shoulder, have pain that won't go away, even severe muscle pain and/or inability. You know what I'm talking about.