re: Pinched nerve in neck

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And people smarter than you figured out which vertebrae causes which parts of your arms are numb

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Correct, people smarter than me figured it out.

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Well there isn’t a C8

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Incorrect. The sensation to the arm is supplied by the nerve roots C5-T1 (which does indeed include the C8 nerve root), and T2 also if you include the armpit as part of the arm.

I'm definitely not thinking of cranial nerves.

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The C8 nerve root exits the spinal cord at the C7-T1 spinal segment. If the C8 nerve becomes compressed or irritated for any reason, then C8 radiculopathy will occur. Symptoms can include pain, weakness, numbness, or tingling radiating down the lower shoulder and back of the arm and forearm, going into the pinky and ring finger. Cervical radiculopathy is usually only on one side of the body, but if both C8 nerve roots are involved, then it can be felt on both sides.

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Cranial nerves originate in the brain. Hence the word "cranial". They dont come off the spinal cord.

I had the same thing. I wouldn't have believed it before, but 2 sessions with a chiropractor that my wife has been to and nothing else needed. I won't knock it again. I was to the point of heading to the ER it was hurting my so bad. I couldn't sleep. 2 sessions and a few days of ice packs and biofreeze at home did wonders.

“C8” is a zebra. C5-c6 or c6-c7 is the horse.

All can be treated. OP lookup “Mackenzie Therapy” it’s like a sub school of PT that works on centralizing and reducing pain. Some moves are VERY simple and involve straightening and elongating which allows the disc to slip back into place ideally.

Some of their moves aren’t so simple and should only be done by a PT. You can start creeping into chiro type neck tweaking moves. Just slow and steady traction and manipulation are needed.

If anything makes the pain WORSE and shoot down your arm? Stop it!

If the move makes the pain go UP your arm then it is “centralizing”. This is the whole point. Eventually as the disc returns to where it belongs the symptoms (pain) goes back to its root cause.