Not knowing your exact symptom, l was using my own personal experiences to tell you what I felt from having a pinched nerve in the area of C3 to C5 disks.

I can also give you some knowledge about the Carotid Artery and Jugular. My grandson started to learn martial arts. Since I was going to help him train, I had to learn the exact movements and the precise way to apply them. Then during his training at my home, he would practice them on me or I’d watch him do his kata’s, the combat form of training. For his black belt, he had to learn how to apply various chokes. The very first one he learned was the most dangerous one for it can kill a person in a matter of seconds. You get behind your opponent, put your arm around their neck, apply pressure and it stops the blood flow in the carotid artery. When you apply the pressure, the artery collapses and the person passes out in only seconds. The dangerous part of the choke is you need to release the pressure quickly, if not, the artery does not have enough force to re inflate the artery and the person dies. This choke was demonstrated in class and I let him practice it on me at home. That’s right, but the moment I’d feel the pressure, I raised my hand and he would release. My grandson training with me helped him get his adult green, then brown belts before he was even a teenager. He became the best young student the instructor ever taught.

Now from the knowledge you gained, any idea what happened to you? I definitely would go to the doctor because it could happen again. When my grandson did the chock on me, I could instantly feel a tingling in my neck, so he released. Good luck.