What are the symptoms of a bulging disc in the neck?

Shooting pain: Burning, electrical sensation radiating to shoulder/arms with movement are all pathological signs of a bulging disc. It can be debilitating. Check with your doc if you need further testing including xray, mri.

Pain/numbness/weak: A bulging disk in the neck will affect the nerves going to your arms and hands potentially causing pain, numbness, tingling and weakness. If the disc bulge is pushing on your spinal cord, it can cause arm/ hand and leg weakness and coordination problems. Small disc bulges may not affect the nerves or the spinal cord and usually are just associated with the normal aging of the neck.

Bulging disc: Most frequently nothing they are symptomless if causing symptoms they have been blamed for neck and arm pain but are most frquently mearly a radiology finding.A diagnosis best done from history anf physical exam notall MRI findings are new or symptomatic.Operating on asymptomatic image findings will leave you the same with a nrw scar.