HiRecently have been having discomfort in my neck.  I assumed it was doe to sleeping wrong, as I woke up with a stiff neck last Friday, and have had pain continue now to my tricep area.  Not so much in my neck anymore, but still lingering in my arm.  Would this be the case of a pinched nerve?  If so should I see an orthopedic, or just let it run its course?
HIT hanks for posting your query.  Yes even I am of the same opinion of Pinched Nerve. In medical terms it is called Cervical Radiculopathy.  In this condition a nerve at the back of your neck gets compressed between your neck bones and this compression of nerve causes either pain or tingling sensation or numbness in the region described by you.  If the pain is not very severe then you can wait and start doing slow rotational exercise of neck and avoid keeping neck in flexed position for long time.  But if the pain is severe then better you consult an orthopedic doctor. Hope this information was useful to you.