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Your brachial plexus is a connection of hard-working nerves that can be prone to injury. Here’s how to keep yours safe. The brachial plexus is an important collection of nerves in the neck, responsible for sending signals from your spinal cord to your shoulder, arm and hand. “Injuries that occur either at birth — associated with delivery — or later on in life can sometimes stretch the brachial plexus,” said Jay Wellons, M.D., a surgeon in Monroe Carell Jr. Children’s Hospital at Vanderbilt’s Division of Pediatric Neurosurgery. “Most of the time, a stretch will get better, but a severe stretch...