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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.
Pinched nerves don't need 'healing'. Pinched nerves need to stop being pinched. It's also important to know whether or not you have a pinched nerve, as opposed to just having something painful that is mistakenly called a pinched nerve. I see this a lot with neck pain: