Thank you for the speedy response; it would seem the C8 nerve symptoms are the closest fit. It hurts to extend and splay my fingers. My hands are in a constant state of being 1/2 closed around an invisible/non-existent cylinder. Also there is radiating pain up my inner arm into the tops of my forearms and under my biceps beginning at the inside of the elbows.
Relief comes from laying flat on my back and assuming my best Marine Corps board straight posture with shoulders back and a sucked-in stomach, flat abdomen. Slouching forward at my computer screen with my shoulders rolled forward aggravates the condition. I am a webmaster and spend a lot of time at my desk; it seems I’ve brought this on through sloppiness in my work posture (I’ve just been happy and unconcerned about my neck for a few years). Looking back over the last 18 months I realize that I’ve been experiencing the curled 1/2 grip hands and thought it was stiffness and age, I’m 54. I’d stretch them and then the sensation would pass.
When I last saw my neurosurgeon he said “until next time” and I assume C7-T1 is likely next?
BTW: thank you so much; very awesome you do this.