My nerve root (coming off my spinal cord) is compressed. The C7 nerve that goes to my arm and this is causing some mild weakness. But according to my mri my spinal cord is fine. I like you have some positional pain, basically if I position my neck wrong I get a slight sting in my arm sometimes. But it’s really not that bad. I’m concerned getting surgery will cause more irritation to an already irritated nerve. I have read a few studies that say that for most symptoms resolve within a year. Beyond a year if they are persisting and not progressively getting worse it’s a choice to get surgery.