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What kind of physical exam is done from a pain management doctor for neck pain? what causes nerve impingement in the neck? please help and explain
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Neck pain: Is a very common problem, affecting about 10-12% percent of the adult population in the us. Nerve impingement can be caused by being sandwiched between two spinal bones, pressed by a bulging disc or encroached upon by bony overgrowth. Rec.: see an interventional pain management specialist.
Answered 4/30/2014
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Neck pain: And nerve impingement can occur with thoracic outlet syndrome, caused by scarred scalene muscles on the brachial plexus. This can occur with baseball players as the dodgers' josh beckett.
Answered 4/27/2014
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