Your nervous system is a big electrical circuit. Your spinal cord transmits electrical nerve impulses between your brain and spine. From there, individual nerves emerge from your spine and travel to supply sensation and movement to specific areas of your shoulders, arms, and hands. This allows you to move and feel sensations like touch, heat, cold, and pain. Anything that interferes with this transmission can cause problems. Symptoms may vary from a dull ache to a constant severe sharp shooting pain and are likely aggravated by certain positions or movements. 

Cervical radiculopathy means that one or more nerves emerging from your neck have become irritated or possibly pinched. This often results in pain, numbness, or tingling in the area of your arm supplied by the irritated nerve.

We will treat the source of your nerve irritation to solve this problem. You must follow your treatment plan closely and tell your provider immediately if you experience any progression of arm pain, numbness, or weakness. We may also recommend spinal decompression in addition to your chiropractic care to help expedite your recovery.