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Arm
Pain
Pure arm
pain can still be due to pressure on the nerves coming off the neck
due to a disc protrusion or a bone spur. Other possibilities would be
radiating pain from a rotator cuff problem in the shoulder, nerve compression
in the arm at the elbow or wrist, or something in the muscles or bones
of the arm. If pain increases on tilting or turning the head, that indicates
it’s coming from the neck. The ulnar nerve runs along the inside
of the albow and can be compressed when propping on the elbow, such
as talking on the phone or reading in bed. It goes to the little finger,
which is a clue to ulnar nerve compression pain. The median nerve is
another arm nerve that can be compressed in the carpal tunnel at the
wits. See the section on Carpal
Tunnel Syndrome. |