Cervical nerve root neuropathic pain is pain that is generated by a damaged nerve. In these cases damage to the nerve has occured through direct trauma to the nerve resulting in damage to its physical structure. Neuropathic pain of any sort is defined clinically by the presence of both positive and negative sensory findings. This means that lights touch in a given distrubution of a nerve may be maintained but hot and cold sensitivity may be increased versus the unaffected side. This situation arises because of changes in both the peripheral and central nervous systems which can result in ectopic firing (unprovolked firing) of the nerve and a heightened response to both painful stimuli and stimuli that are not normally painful. Common mangement of neuropathic pain includes the administration of drugs such as GABA reuptake inhibitors and physical therapy within a multimodal team environment.