“When you talk about a pinched nerve in the neck, that’s usually going to bring on symptoms in the neck and sometimes the ...

Often, a pinched nerve causes increased tension in the muscles surrounding the nerves, so we want to offload the tension by activating our scapular muscles as both your neck muscles and scapular ...

A pinched nerve in your neck can be more than just ... a muscle that connects the neck to the shoulder blade, to relieve compressed nerves in the cervical spine, Nardon says.