Arm To Neck In Agony

[joko]

I have hypermobility so im used to weird pains & twinges & stuff, but this on is pure agony today.

at a certain point when i move my neck, a pain shoots down my arm - i liken it to the feeling you get when your 'funny bone' is banged.
its like jolt of electricity.
last night the main pain was in my neck, shoulder & armpit, but today it near my elbow & back of bicep.
i slept with a U-shaped cushion round my neck to stop my head moving, so i dont know if thats what calmed the neck pain down but sort of moved it.
Its a constrant throb.

ive had a minor versions of it in the past, in that when i move my head, i have often felt a minor twang down my arm - sort of feels like a vein, or something, right the way down is pulling or catching.

I mentioned this to my rheumatologist earlier this year & she didnt seem bothered by it.

ive had pain in this shoulder like this before - & ive have a few pretty bad neck twinges before.

other times ive had similar twinges & pain, theyve just calmed down in a few days - but theyve never been this bad before.

is this anything to be concerned about?

Just with it being my neck, & a twinging etc

thanks

[10ClarionSt]

Sounds like a trapped nerve(s) to me. But I aint a medical person.

[joko]

there is sort of vague sensation of losing feeling or like pins & needles is about to start, but it doesnt last long, just a few seconds.
the pain is sort of like a burning sensation

[Buenchico]

10CS may well have hit the nail upon its head.

Lots of reading here:
https://www.umms.org/ummc/health-services/orthopedics/services/spine/patient-guides/cervical-radiculopathy

However it's worth getting checked out by GP or physio. My friend had similar symptoms, which his GP couldn't find a cause for. A physio ran his fingers along my friend's spine and asked him, "So when did you break your neck then?". (It turned out that he'd fractured a bone in his neck several months earlier, without realising it at the time).

[Sqad]

I wouldn't be concerned about it at all at this stage a
s your description sounds like a wear and tear degeneration in your neck, which at times "nicks " a nerve.

If you can take Ibuprofen then do so 400mgms last thing at night and monitor the situation for the next week.

[joko]

thanks everyone :)

i have a neck MRI booked for the 29th june anyway - to check for changes since my last one, so hopefully whatever is causing this should show up on that.
I just wondered if i needed to go see my gp asap or anything.