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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.
To put it another way, if you have a pinched nerve in the neck, localized pain can develop, as well as discomfort that travels along the length of the affected nerve, such as numbness and tingling in your fingertips, muscle weakness in your upper body and other similar symptoms.