How to Fix a Pinched Nerve in the Neck | Dr. Jon Saunders, Newmarket Chiropractor
A pinched nerve in the neck, or cervical radiculopathy, can be very painful and debilitating. In this video, Dr. Jon Saunders will show you how to get rid of pinched nerve in your neck at home. There will be 6 stretches shown to help give you some relief. The first 3 will be more general and focus on decompression or traction of your neck and the next 3 will be more specific to select nerve roots, using nerve flossing techniques.
The main causes of a pinched nerve in the neck are a disc bulge or herniation, degenerative disc disease, bones spurs (osteophytes), and tight neck muscles. Poor postural patterns like forward head posture or a loss of normal curve in the neck can also contribute to a pinched nerve in the neck. It happens most often in your 40's and usually only involves one arm. Signs and symptoms are pain/tingling/numbness in the neck, arm, hand, between shoulder blades and sometimes headaches. Numbness and tingling and hand and arm weakness can also occur.
Improvement usually takes between 4-6 months, but in some cases much longer, up to 24+ months. The good news, most will recover without needing surgery.
Let me know in the comments below if you have any questions or which of my 6 stretches for a pinched neck nerve worked best fro you.
CHAPTERS ----------------------------------------------- 0:00 Intro. 1:06 Common Causes of a Pinched Neck Nerve 1:57 Disclaimer + Diagnosis 2:42 Centralization of Symptoms 3:07 Long Axis Distraction (Decompression) 5:10 Lordosis Stretch and Traction 7:03 Scalene Stretch 8:29 Why Nerve Flossing/Gliding? 9:33 Median Nerve Flossing 10:48 Radial Nerve Flossing 11:56 Ulnar Never Flossing 13:21 Outro. -----------------------------------------------
AS ALWAYS, PLEASE CHECK WITH YOUR PRIMARY HEALTH CARE PROVIDER TO DETERMINE IF THE CONTENTS OF THIS VIDEO ARE APPROPRIATE FOR YOU SPECIFICALLY. Some or all of these stretches/exercises/movements may be contraindicated if you have certain underlying spinal conditions such as spinal degeneration, spinal stenosis, disc bulge/herniation, instabilities, and other undiagnosed spinal problems.
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