Please help with ulnar nerve speculation

[DustinX]

Hello

A few days ago I was horsin around with my buddies and one of my friends pulled on my neck pretty hard, making all of the tendons/ligaments surrounding my neck (traps too) very sore. 2 days later I started to get ulnar nerve problems in my left hand, and it has been traveling back and forth between right and left hands.

This leads me to believe, (especially because I have not been doing anything that would injure it at elbow/wrist) that it could be inflamed tissue or a disc or something around where both ulnar nerves originate to go to both hands. All I can do right now is speculate because I have no medical insurance (don't talk to dad/he sends no money, mom is broke)

Question I have is, do you think it is inflammation around the neck/spine causing the pinching or whatever (I know it's impossible to tell, but based on the info I think someone could make an educated guess), and how could I fix this potentially? I just started taking NSAIDs at about 600mg a day (200 3x) . I know it's horrible to self diagnose but I really have barely any options. Could a chiropracter realign my spine or something?

Thanks for any suggestions

[ben3133]

If you only got pulled in one direction (your head) and the symptoms are in both hands, the problem is most likely cervical (in the neck nerve roots). Give it a week or so taking the NSAIDs and see if the symptoms stop.

[DustinX]

Thanks alot man for the advice. I'll keep up the NSAID's

[UCONN_CSCS]

Yeah, bilateral symptoms mean its from the spine. Chances are your muscle in the area is swollen and is pressing on a nerve pathway.

Like he said, rice.