Your neck has sympathetic nerves called the stellate ganglion. You can find them on either side of your voice box.
Your neck has sympathetic nerves called the stellate ganglion. You can find them on either side of your voice box. For pain relief in your neck, head, upper chest, and upper arm, you can undergo an injection called a stellate ganglion block (also known as a sympathetic nerve block). Patiens have seen improvement in the arm's blood supply and circulation. Some military hospitals started providing PTSD patients with this procedure in the last 10 years.
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