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One of the common causes of a pinched nerve in the neck is a muscle spasm or muscle strain putting pressure on the nerve and compressing it. Relaxing the muscle will usually relieve the symptoms you are feeling. Listed below are some self-treatments for a pinched nerve in the neck that you can attempt.
This depends on the person and how long they have had the pinched nerve. Our muscles have memory cells so if you have had a pinched nerve for a couple of years, our muscles think that the pinched nerve is correct. So when you get adjusted the doctor is correcting the misalignment in your spine. However then muscles think that the correction is wrong.