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A pain in your neck can certainly affect your arm. You have nerves going from your brain down your spinal chord. Just below the neck they branch out to the arms. Issues with the neck can pinch nerves and make the arms experience pain.

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Yes. A pinched nerve in the neck, which may even be from temporary swelling, can result in extreme pain in arms and hands.

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