Paula, the most important thing is blood flow. If the nerve isn't damaged, as in severed, it will all be fine. It can take a while but you have to keep working it to keep blood flowing and the mechanics intact.

I have a sequence of stretches and I use s chirporactor trained in nerve and muscle issues. His office used ART, Active Release Technique. It is part accupressure, part trigger point, part stretching and other techniques intended to improve circulation, joint alignment while reducing or eliminating pain. The doctor I use is about the only one left I trust anywhere in the country.

SCC Stage IV, BOT, T2N2bM0
Cisplatin/5FU x 3, 40 days radiation
Diagnosis 07/21/03 tx completed 10/08/03
Post Radiation Lower Motor Neuron Syndrome 3/08.
Cervical Spinal Stenosis 01/11
Cervical Myelitis 09/12
Thoracic Paraplegia 10/12
Dysautonomia 11/12
Hospice care 09/12-01/13.
COPD 01/14
Intermittent CHF 6/15
Feeding tube NPO 03/16
VFI 12/2016
ORN 12/2017
Cardiac Event 06/2018
Bilateral VFI 01/2021
Thoracotomy Bilobectomy 01/2022
Bilateral VFI 05/2022
Total Laryngectomy 01/2023