Disease Symptoms » Shoulder, Arm and Hand Problems

Your Brachial Plexus is made up of nerves which come out of the middle and lower neck and upper back and branch off to supply different areas, especially the shoulders, arms elbows, wrists, hands and fingers. Depending on which nerves are affected you will have various symptoms. If the nerves going to the shoulder, arm and hand are affected you may experience pain, tingling, tightness, weakness, pins-and-needles or other symptoms in those body parts.

Results of Brachial Plexus Injury

Depending on which nerves are involved, different problems may be experienced. There may be neck stiffness or pain that may radiate to your shoulder and elbow and down to your arm, wrist, hand or finger(s). Sometimes there’s clicking or extremity pain but not neck pain. Sometimes there’s no pain but numbness or feelings of heat, cold or swelling; or pain in one area and numbness in another; or muscle weakness or spasm. Due to the complicated way nerves interrelate, conditions such as headache; migraine; facial pain; dizziness; limited, painful or stiff motion of the head and neck; throat conditions; thyroid; nasal problems; low back pain and even epilepsy can be caused by brachial plexus damage. Chiropractic care is essential for anyone with shoulder, arm, elbow and hand problems to relieve nerve stress and permit the spine, as well as the rest of the body, to function more normally.

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