What are the symptoms of a blocked shoulder or neck?

In the clinic, patients with shoulder and neck blockage, that is, the patient’s shoulder and neck qi and blood operation is affected, there is stagnation of qi and blood stasis, and the local meridians are blocked. The patient will feel persistent, chronic pain in the neck, and the patient will have mild localized swelling and obvious pressure pain, which will affect the patient’s neck activities. Some patients may also experience radiating tingling or electric shock-like pain in both upper limbs, hypesthesia in the skin of both upper limbs, weakening of muscle strength, and impaired dexterity of the fingers, etc. An electromyography or MRI film of the cervical spine can make a clear diagnosis. After the appearance of these clinical manifestations, the patient is instructed to reduce the weight-bearing activities of the neck, pay attention to warmth, and take hot compresses in the neck, such as physical therapy instrument baking, microwave therapy, etc., and can also be used in orthopedic medicine for localized fumigation to accelerate local blood circulation, promote lactic acid metabolism, so that the blocked meridians are unblocked and will be able to alleviate the clinical symptoms.