... misdiag-nosis, which in turn leads to inappropriate treatment.Shooting arm pain may be termed radicular pain. Radicular pain islancinating or electric in nature. Radicular pain radiates deeply in a nar-row, ... pain (i.e., dull, sharp, electric, radiat-ing, or lancinating)?This is the single most important question in differentiating axialfrom radicular pain. Radicular pain is electric, lancinating, ... trouble distinguishing the orig-inal source of pain, and so pain is perceived in multiple areas. In theneck, for example, a patient with Z-joint disease may present with dullaxial pain in the neck...