What is a "Trapped Nerve "
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2007-11-16 5:19:18
I have a friend who has a "trapped nerve" in his shoulder and refuses to go and see a doctor. First, what is a "trapped nerve" and second, how does one get rid of it without having to get medical treatment?
Answer:A trapped nerve or impingement occurs when a nerve has a pressure placed on it, whether it is only in certain positions, movements or in a static position, causing a referred pain. This can happen due to a change in bone alignment, faulty posture or swelling. The best course of action would be to see a physiotherapist, who can does non invasive techniques and active rehabilitation with exercises to relieve the 鈥渢rapped鈥?nerve.
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"Trapped nerve" is really a lay or common term and is not scientific. Instead, it is argued, other terms should be used to properly describe what is going on: "nerve irritation", "spinal stress".But people use the term because it's so descriptive. It really can feel like something is being trapped in there. In fact even some health professionals are using.When the nerves come down from the brain they travel through a bony canal formed by the vertebrae. If the vertebrae misalign slightly they may cause the nerves to be irritated or compressed or stretched. Nerves aren't the only things in the affected area - there's blood vessels, discs, ligaments, joints, muscles, fascia, tendons, meninges, lymphatics, other connecting tissue and fat tissue, and they may all be affected.What can cause this ? Many things. For example, a trauma- a fall or an accident, even a very mild one may be enough to misalign your spine. It may be due to bending or twisting in a certain way, it may be as a result of poor sleeping or poor posture, or both. It may occur after weeks or months of constant stress of either physical or emotional origin (usually it a compilation of the two).When the nerves are compressed their impulses may be altered and this affects the entire body.