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What Neck Injury Causes Arm Pain?
A neck injury causes arm pain when a herniated disk or bulging disc in your cervical spine presses on the nerves that run down into your shoulders, arms, and hands. The most common culprit is cervical radiculopathy, which happens when nerve roots in your neck get compressed or irritated. You might also hear doctors call this a pinched nerve. When you have a herniated disk in your neck from an accident, the pain does not stay in one place. It travels along the nerve pathway down your shoulder, through your arm, and sometimes all the way to your fingers. You might also feel numbness, tingling, or weakness that makes it hard to grip things or lift your arm
Can a Herniated Disk Cause Back Pain?
A herniated disk in the neck happens when one of the soft cushions between your neck bones breaks open or slips out of place. When that happens, it can press on nearby nerves and cause real pain. The most common symptoms include sharp or burning neck pain, pain that shoots down one arm or shoulder, numbness or tingling in the fingers or hand, and weakness in the arm or grip
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