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Today i have been getting shooting pain down the back of my left arm to my pinky finger. lasts short time. is this most likely muscoskeletal?
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Arm pain: most likely muscular but could be cervical radiculopathy from pathology in the spine of your neck
Answered 4/8/2015
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