freeing a trapped nerve

[DBSV8]

any practical advice on freeing a trapped nerve in the kneck ?

are there any excercises or special massage to free a trapped nerve in the kneck thats radiating down my right hand side and arm ....like a dull ache !
bloody painfull arm is next to useless

slept on my side two nights ago and still in pain , unfortunately here in Russia , the medics just give you paracetamol

any info for massaging the problem ?

[GMJ]

Talk to a good sports massage therapist.

If you live near Milton Keynes or Northampton I can recommend a place if you like.

[bazking69]

Can you get prescribed Dyclofenac out there?

[V8A*ndy]

Do you get a pain in your right elbow when you make a tight fist with your right hand and do you find it painful to lift objects with your right arm stretched out?

[Zad]

I once stopped up all night (ooo go me) to watch them building part of the International Space Station, and ended up a trapped nerve in my neck that sounds very similar to what you have. The GP prescribed Diclofenac as above, but I found that for some reason Ibuprofen worked better, although exercising helped. It wasn't really painful as chuffing annoying, and hence stupidly tiring.

[DBSV8]

Zad said:

I once stopped up all night (ooo go me) to watch them building part of the International Space Station, and ended up a trapped nerve in my neck that sounds very similar to what you have. The GP prescribed Diclofenac as above, but I found that for some reason Ibuprofen worked better, although exercising helped. It wasn't really painful as chuffing annoying, and hence stupidly tiring.

I made a mistake yesterday after Russian version of Iprobufen satchet did fk all to kill the pain , got a Russian colleugue to massage my kneck .....hes a bit of a big chap , made the mistake of telling him to "get Russian "
bstd nearly took me kneck off ........made it a lot worse ..so visited the medic

Work medic , his opinion is Shoulder is inflammed .......not bloody surprised cheers Vlad !!should settle down in 3-4 days , inflammation is pressing against the nerve causing the pain down my arm

he given me an injection , think it might be an anti inflamitory seems to have eased the pain ,,,,not sure how long it will last , having a second injection tomorrow ...

[anonymous-user]

I trapped a nerve a month or so ago. Real bd - just stopped all exercise for about 4 weeks and all OK now. Lucky it did not need any intervention.

The dull ache is fking awful so I feel for you!

[dandarez]

Pinched or trapped nerves in the neck area can cause pain down the arm to fingers but usually numbing or numbness. Anyway with 'pain' down the arm, this could be something else so I would see a doc.

But IF it is trapped neck nerve, then gentle physio can work wonders - it did for me. To remove the pinching of the nerve (I've had it more than once quite bad) I was told to tilt head to left (towards shoulder) 6 times, then same to the right. Pull chin in for just 3 seconds 3 times (apparently opens up the neck vertebrae/muscles. Neck felt like it was going to creak and crack in half!
Then arms straight down against side, lift wrist/hand to point rearwards, hold for count of 20. You can feel it pull and do good. Do each side 3 times. I did this a couple times a day.
I thought it was a bit cranky... until gradually I could feel the pain and numbness disappearing!

No, I'm not a physio. But hey, this worked for me. So no guarantees nor am I advising you to do it.

Edited by dandarez on Thursday 5th August 23:40