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Pain can be mild, moderate, or severe and can occur anywhere between your shoulders and wrists. At first, it might be difficult to identify what is causing arm pain. Frequently, the first sign of a heart attack is intense pain and numbness in the left arm. You could also experience arm pain due to a pinched nerve, torn ligament, or broken bone. Most arm pain results from an injury. When the nerves are pinched on the left side of your spine, they can simulate a heart attack because the pain travels around the ribs or through the chest on the left side. Sometimes the pain can last for days if the nerve is being pinched hard enough. Other symptoms associated with pinched nerves in your mid back are: shortness of breath, increased heart rate, sweating, heart palpitations, and numbness. All of these symptoms are similar to those of a heart attack. Your heart, or misalignment of your spine, can cause chest pain. Many people that experience chest pain go to their family doctor or to the emergency room in fear that they are experiencing a heart attack. I went to the ER with what I thought was a heart attack (chest pain and numbness in the left arm). After two days of tests I was told by a cardiologist and a neuologist that I had a pinched nerve in my neck. Most Helpful Answer. I'm glad to hear all is good, and I hope I can help set your mind at ease. A pinched nerve in the neck can send pain radiating down the shoulder and arm -- and even into the chest area, which could indeed feel like the symptoms of a heart attack. Presumably, you received an X-ray or MRI scan of your neck. This is usually how a pinched nerve in the neck is diagnosed The primary symptom of a pinched nerve is pain, which some people describe as shooting or like lightning.. In some cases, part of the limb can lose sensation, causing numbness or tingling down the path of the nerve. In severe episodes, reflexes are lost and muscle atrophy and weakness can develop. Even though many people associate a pinched nerve with the neck or shoulder, it can happen anywhere. In the wrist, it might be a cause of carpal tunnel syndrome. In the elbow, it might be a by-product of tennis elbow, and in the lower back, it could be sciatica. If nausea or vomiting comes along with other heart attack symptoms like shortness of breath, a cold sweat, or pain in your chest, back, or extremities, then you can be pretty sure it's not due to food poisoning or the stomach flu. 8.  3. Get help from a doctor now ›. Yes: Pinched nerve can cause left arm pain, which can be confused as a heart attack. On the other hand, heart attack can be mis-interpreted as pinched nerve. Please consult your doctor, if you have question.  The question then is, why would you go to a Chiropractor if you have tingling and/or numbness in your elbow or fingers, or if you have a pain running down your arm? The answer is because more often than not that pain, tingling, or numbness is caused by a nerve that is being irritated or pressed on in some way.  The pinched nerve can cause pain, tingling or numbness to radiate around the affected area or to appear in other locations. As examples: 1  A pinched nerve in the shoulder can cause feelings of pain in the elbow and can cause tingling in the wrist. 2  In the lower back, a pinched nerve can cause feelings of pain radiating down the leg. 3  Numbness and pain in the hand and fingers can be caused by a pinched nerve in the wrist. 1
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