You note a number of issues. I will address this as best as I can but without a face-to-face interview and a detailed physician examination, this will be a general discussion.
Your comment that, “I had a serratus weakness on right side” is an indication of long thoracic nerve injury which could happen if a neck/shoulder impact could have stretched this nerve.
You then note, “My symptoms are worse when my neck is propped up. Or when I look down and then up. When I look to the left’ is hard to understand what disorder could do this. This is a description of many different disorders.
You note, “I still can’t rotate my head much to the left. On the face of it, this appears to be due to tight muscles. However, when I do attempt to do so, my fingers and arms on both sides hurt. And my upper back starts spasming. Might be a protective mechanism I was thinking”. This could be a facet injury.
“my hypothesis (which may be very flawed) is that I am having direct nerve/cord impingement on the left side as the neck is scrunched up on that side, and on the right side, its TOS (compensatory)” again is hard to diagnose with just words.
Dr. Corenman.
PLEASE REMEMBER, THIS FORUM IS MEANT TO PROVIDE GENERAL INFORMATION ON SPINE ANATOMY, CONDITIONS AND TREATMENTS. TO GET AN ACCURATE DIAGNOSIS, YOU MUST VISIT A QUALIFIED PROFESSIONAL IN PERSON.
Donald Corenman, MD, DC is a highly-regarded spine surgeon, considered an expert in the area of neck and back pain. Trained as both a Medical Doctor and Doctor of Chiropractic, Dr. Corenman earned academic appointments as Clinical Assistant Professor and Assistant Professor of Orthopaedic Surgery at the University of Colorado Health Sciences Center, and his research on spine surgery and rehabilitation has resulted in the publication of multiple peer-reviewed articles and two books.
