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Hello.  I have been having some pain/stiffness/numbness in my neck/shoulder/arm for several years on and off.  About two weeks ago, someone pushed hard on my shoulder downward while I was sitting and my neck was not straight.  That person did not hit, it was just a big push.  My pain/numbness has increased.  How likely is it to damage nerves or displace a cervical disc with that type of push?  I am in the process of getting x-rays and MRI but I wanted to see what people thought to hopefully reduce my stress while I am waiting for the results.

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7 hours ago, Big Sur said:

Hello.  I have been having some pain/stiffness/numbness in my neck/shoulder/arm for several years on and off.  About two weeks ago, someone pushed hard on my shoulder downward while I was sitting and my neck was not straight.  That person did not hit, it was just a big push.  My pain/numbness has increased.  How likely is it to damage nerves or displace a cervical disc with that type of push?  I am in the process of getting x-rays and MRI but I wanted to see what people thought to hopefully reduce my stress while I am waiting for the results.

Check to see if perhaps you have some disk compression in your C5, C6 & C7 vertebrae~ Do you also have numbness in your forearm, ring finger and pinky~?

 Sometimes cervical compression can also exhibit as pain that seems seated under your scapula, (Angel wings)

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On 1/16/2022 at 3:04 PM, Big Sur said:

Hello.  I have been having some pain/stiffness/numbness in my neck/shoulder/arm for several years on and off.  About two weeks ago, someone pushed hard on my shoulder downward while I was sitting and my neck was not straight.  That person did not hit, it was just a big push.  My pain/numbness has increased.  How likely is it to damage nerves or displace a cervical disc with that type of push?  I am in the process of getting x-rays and MRI but I wanted to see what people thought to hopefully reduce my stress while I am waiting for the results.

The c-some is more durable than it looks. One classic study shows that about 2/3 of cervical disc herniations resolve with it surgery.

I had a cervical disc extrusion a few years ago. The pain was horrendous; it sounds like yours isn’t quite as bad.  I had an epidural steroid injection, which was helpful, and I’ve been doing PT on and off since then. 
 

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