Got Nerve Pain? Check These Areas!

If you have nerve pain going into your shoulder and down your arm, then your nerves might be compressed by these three different muscles.

The first muscle is the scalenes, which are the lateral neck muscles. Your nerves come out of the spine and pass through these muscles to head down into the shoulder.

The next muscle is the subclavius. This muscle is located on the chest, under the clavicle. After your nerves pass through the scalenes, they go under the clavicle, which can compress the nerves through the subclavius.

From here, the nerves pass under the pec minor, which is located in the chest and near the shoulder.

After the pec minor, the nerves then pass through the arms where the coracobrachialis can get tight and compress the nerves.

Finally, the nerves pass into the forearms, where the muscles can become overused and create compression on the nerves going into the hand.

Having compression in any of these muscles can create pain throughout the entire arm. This means that if you have pain in your hand, then check the neck, pec, and more to see if they are creating compression and pain. #short