The pain starts in the neck, moves into the shoulder and travels down the arm, sometimes reaching the fingers. It may be accompanied by numbness, tingling, burning or electric shock-like sensations. Sometimes the arm feels weaker, or objects unexpectedly fall from the hand. Many people assume that the problem must be in the shoulder or arm. However, the actual cause may be an irritated nerve in the neck. Why can a neck problem cause pain in the arm? Nerves travel from the nec

By Boris Feldman, Physiotherapist at Salbar Fysiotherapie Shoulder pain is one of the most common reasons people seek physiotherapy. Diagnoses such as rotator cuff tendinopathy, shoulder impingement, bursitis, and partial rotator cuff tears are frequently seen in clinical practice. Although these conditions have different names, they often belong to the broader category of rotator cuff-related shoulder pain (RCRSP). What does the latest research show? A major 2025 systematic