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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.
A pinched nerve is a nerve with pressure applied to it, in terms of a whiplash injury this is usually caused by a herniated disc pressing against it. Pinched nerves in the spine tend to happen in the neck and lower back as these are the areas that do the most moving.The symptoms of a pinched nerve include weakness, tenderness, prickly sensation, tingling sensation or stabbing sensations in the limbs or areas of the body where the nerves are linked to.n this case the âdiseaseâ in question is the pressure applied to the nerve from a herniated disc as a result of the extreme forces applied to the neck from a whiplash type injury. Treatment for this is the same as that for a herniated disc or possibly a fractured vertebrae, as they are the root cause of this condition.