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Do neck muscle stiffness cause nerve compression of that area or nerve compression cause neck and shoulder muscle stiffness?

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Dr. Robert Kohn answered

Specializes in Psychiatry

Nerve first m later: Muscle stiffness does not affect nerve root compression but symptoms of nerve compression- root, nerve can cause neck and shoulder sensory effects that you refer to as stiffness. Muscles are innervated by nerves and have their own distribution of sensory patterns

Answered 11/14/2017

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