Our nerves in our body are designed to be very robust, being able to handle stretching and pressure forces on it. But once they are irritated, they can be very painful, affecting activities of daily living and cause distress. Depending on the severity, Nerve pain can often cause movement restrictions and discomfort to the neck, back, upper and lower limbs. It can also disrupt sleep and make it difficult to find positions of comfort.

Nerve pain can often be a sharp shooting lancinating pain. Nerve pain can be classified as spinal or peripheral mediated. For instance,  Sciatica / radicular pain or paresthesia (feelings of tingling, burning, numbness, altered sensation) are common terms used to describe buttock, leg or arm pain from nerve inflammation/compression originating from the lower back or neck (spinal mediated). For peripheral mediated, typically nerve pain arises from pain sensitivity in the nerves themselves e.g carpal tunnel syndrome.
 
Common medical diagnostic labels for nerve pain include: radicular pain, radiculopathy that maybe caused by protrusion or prolapse of disc or spinal canal or transforaminal narrowing (i.e. stenosis) from which the nerve exits in the low back or neck; Carpal, cubital & ulnar tunnel syndrome, thoracic outlet syndrome.