Mrs.

[missymamma]

I have a pinched nerve in my neck, what is the best
remedy for relief?

[Neurodreamz]

A pinched nerve causes inflammation in the neck muscles and the inflammation will press on the nerve, so one needs to work on reducing the inflammation.  Here's some ideas to help with the pain and inflammation. The last two are supplements for good bone health.

1. Epsom salt baths, use at least 1 cup of salts. The epsom has magnesium which helps the muscles function and repair themselves. This will especially help if you take a bath before you go to bed as it may lessen the pain and weakness upon waking
2.There's gels with menthol that help relieve pain. The have them in the drugstore, but I order from iherb, much cheaper for the brands without all the chemicals. They gave me a coupon to hand out DEX579 for $5 off your first order, if would liike to use it. In any case, the gel at the drugstore is usually a cool blue gel. in iherb, if you search for "back pain menthol gel"
http://www.iherb.com/BioFreeze-Cold-Therapy-Pain-Relief-Gel-4-fl-oz-118-ml/41650
3. The other type of cream that works well for nerve pain contains cayenne pepper I didn't believe it at first then ordered some, it's amazing. I get the cream from Christopher's. Alternatively, I've read one can make it oneself by taking your usual cream and adding cayenne pepper. The only thing to be careful of is to wear an old t-shirt or a dark t-shirt as the red sometimes stains.
http://www.*****.com/Christopher-s-Original-Formula-Cayenne-Heat-Ointment-4-fl-oz-118-ml/13992
4. Stretching exercises
http://www.livestrong.com/article/23883-pinched-nerve-shoulder-exercises/
5. cold packs or heat packs. Some get relief with cold as this reduces the inflammation, some get relief with heat as this helps the nerve pain. It depends on how you react. For either pack, keep it on 10 to 15 minutes, then take it off. With a cold pack, this not only reduces inflammation, but also after one removes it, it has the action of bringing new blood into the area and the new blood helps repair the muscle
6. Cal/Mag supplement, I take Calcium Citrate and Magnesium Malate. For Magnesium, it's important to avoid the type called magnesium oxide as it can cause diarrhea. Most cheap brands use the oxide. The other one I recommend if you can't find malate is magnesium glyconate.
7. Vitamin D supplement. Vitamin D is crucial and if you live in the Northern hemisphere, most people are deficient. In Canada, over half of all Canadians don't get enough Vitamin D. Not only is it helpful for cell and bone health, they're not finding it helps prevent cancer. The doctors in Canada recommend 1000 IU a day. There's a blood test to test one's level.
Laura

[ggreg]

Well, as long as it's a minor thing and you didn't really hurt or injure your neck in a substantial way, like in a car accident, in which case you must see a doctor and get a scan done of your cervical spine, then I can give you a few tips.

I have a very bad thoracic spine injury to my back, and to make it stop hurting, I lay down flat on the floor with my legs up in a chair, this takes all the weight off the spine, and it will kind of make a clicking noise as the vertebra realign, and it will sometimes make it feel worlds better.  Also, as long as you are in good health, you can bend over at your waist, to sort of let your head dangle, and that will sometimes unkink a neck.  You can also massage your neck, pushing on the muscles on either side of the bones but not ON the bones.  Doing some normal type regular stretching exercises in a very careful way a couple times a day, over a few days, may help.

Heat is good for pain, a hot water bottle behind your neck, just sit and prop your neck against it, will provide some temporary relief.  Anti-inflammatories like aspirin sometimes helps.  If moving your head makes it hurt worse, you can get a soft neck collar from the drugstore and wear it when you're going to be particularly active, but don't use it ALL the time unless a doc says so.  Hope some of this helps, and if not, please visit a doctor.