Movie Info. Philip Kaufman directs the detective thriller Twisted (originally to be titled The Blackout Murders), with a script by up-and-coming filmmaker Sarah Thorp. Ashley Judd plays troubled police detective Jessica Shepard, who works under the jurisdiction of the man who raised her as his daughter, police Commissioner Mills (Samuel L. Jackson).
An injury to the vertebrae or discs in your neck can cause pain, numbness, or weakness in your shoulder, arm, wrist, or hand because the nerves that extend out from between the neck provide sensation and allow for movement in these areas.
C1-C4 nerve injury. There nerves are somewhat different in the neck compared to the lower nerves at C5-T1. Compression of these nerve roots can cause neck pain but generally do not connect to any muscles. Injury to these nerves will therefore not cause arm weakness. Even within this group, the first two nerves (C1 and C2) are different as these two nerves (AKA the greater and lesser occipital nerves) supply sensation to the back of the skull and irritation can generate headaches.