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What Causes Neck Poping With Shock Feeling Down Right Arm?

Ive had a problem with my neck poping for years. Im only 24 but have done hard physical labor all my life. Recently ive had a strong shock feeling down my right arm and sometimes so bad my arm involuntary moves. Not sure what it is or what kind of doc to go see about it
Thu, 21 Apr 2016
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hi,

thank you for providing the brief history of you.

A thorough neuromuscular assessment is advised.

As mentioned you were a hard physical labor and also now having strong shock feeling down your right arm, i feel you need to consult an ortho and get clinical neuromuscular assessment done. By which the cause of injury can be understood. Also your ortho may ask for an MRI of cervical spine to see the soft tissue injury, by which the next rehabilitation plan is prepared.

As per me, due to hard physical labor, you may have now called as cervical spine degenerative disc disease, for which the disc is giving pinch on the nerve root/s where you are getting such symptoms,

With the combination of medication and physical therapy, symptomatic pain can be relieved and also strengthening of the muscles can be performed. As in 99% of cases in my clinical experience the patients responds well to physical therapy and the normalcy is attained in 3-4 weeks. But in the later stages, you may have to perform exercises regularly at home to make sure the muscles of the neck are strong enough to hold the head.

Regards.
Jay Indravadan Patel
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What Causes Neck Poping With Shock Feeling Down Right Arm?

hi, thank you for providing the brief history of you. A thorough neuromuscular assessment is advised. As mentioned you were a hard physical labor and also now having strong shock feeling down your right arm, i feel you need to consult an ortho and get clinical neuromuscular assessment done. By which the cause of injury can be understood. Also your ortho may ask for an MRI of cervical spine to see the soft tissue injury, by which the next rehabilitation plan is prepared. As per me, due to hard physical labor, you may have now called as cervical spine degenerative disc disease, for which the disc is giving pinch on the nerve root/s where you are getting such symptoms, With the combination of medication and physical therapy, symptomatic pain can be relieved and also strengthening of the muscles can be performed. As in 99% of cases in my clinical experience the patients responds well to physical therapy and the normalcy is attained in 3-4 weeks. But in the later stages, you may have to perform exercises regularly at home to make sure the muscles of the neck are strong enough to hold the head. Regards. Jay Indravadan Patel