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SHOULDER ABDUCTION RELIEF SIGNNECK AND ARM PAINShoulder Abduction Relief sign.(SAR) Does placing your hand on your head relieve the pain in your arm? Abduction? Simply raising your arm at the side of your body. Abducting the arm, and placing your hand on your head takes the stretch off the nerve in your neck. If that nerve is pinched, then this will relieve the pain in your arm. More usually, if it's a shoulder problem abduction will aggravate the pain in the arm. The pain from a pinched nerve in the neck may be very severe, a deep numb ache in the arm, often worse at night. The only position to gain relief may be to place your hand on your head, or sleep with your arm under your head. This is a serious problem. It's best to get to your chiropractor as soon as possible.
Some understanding of the anatomy of the neck will help your understanding of this nasty condition. The nerve can be irritated by a first rib subluxation, a slipped disc in the neck, arthritis in the neck, and other conditions. Mostly chiropractic is the treatment of choice. Traction also helps. To go from SHOULDER ABDUCTION RELIEF SIGN to CHIROPRACTIC TREATMENT OF THE THE NECK
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