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If you have a herniated cervical disc, you'll typically feel pain that radiates from your neck, down one or both arms, and sometimes into your hands. You may feel a pain like an electric shock. Activity such as turning your neck, lifting, and twisting increases the pain. Lying on your back may be the only relief because it relieves the downward pressure on the disc. Also, you may notice numbness or a tingly feeling in your arm or hand. A herniated disc may follow a period of neck pain, or even a longer history of neck pain that comes and goes. The pain changes from neck pain to arm pain when the gel-like substance in your disc actually pushes out and presses against a nerve. The amount of pain you feel depends on how much the nerve is compressed. You may experience cramping or muscle spasms in your neck, shoulder, arm, or hand. Often, by the time pain develops in your arm, the pain in your neck may have decreased. In addition to pain, you may have arm muscle weakness, or reflex loss.
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