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Which Origin, Nerve or Spinal-Pinch?

Neuropathy | Last Active: May 7, 2025 | Replies (7)

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If you have pain/numbness/weakness going down neck, shoulders/arms and hands bilaterally, it could be cervical spinal cord and/or nerve root compression/flattening by herniated disc(s), bone spurs/osteophytes, hypertrophy, or ligament thickening. You should see an orthopedic spine specialist for evaluation and MRI of soft tissues in neck to see if you have cervical myelopathy/pinched nerve roots/nerves. You would want to have a neurologist do an EMG/nerve conduction study to see which nerve(s) are compressed causing radiculopathy to arms/hands/fingers.

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Thank you! You've described it. I know from XRays that the disc is not herniated, but for the rest, I will look into that.