So I've been dealing with this pinched nerve for a couple months now. It's striaght hell.
It appears to be in one of my cervical vertebrae. I've been wearing a cervical collar lately and it has hugely improved the symptoms. Namely the muscle cramps going down my arm to my finger have pretty much dissappeared.
However, they're still there a little, I get terrible knots in my back and shoulder that require constant attention with a chirp roller and various vibrating massagers and traction. The shoulder knots in particular feel like an acorn under my shoulder blade, keeps me from being able to touch my toes without doing a couple minutes worth of warm up stretch.
Anyhow, this is all to say I found this blue stuff that is phenomenal for the sore muscles.
https://bluestopmax.com/
They say it's got coconut oil and emu oil and aloe and menthol. I dunno, but it is like icy hot and lidocaine had a baby and it got into all the best schools.
It's kind of pricy, like $34 a bottle, but man such relief, and it's approved for FSA/HSA funds if you have those at amazon or walgreens or cvs or whatever.
I'm also a huge fan of dit da jow, obviously, for bruise treatment, is there a comparable herbal formula for knots that you could reccomend and point me at procuring?