It's nice to meet you but I am sorry about the injury which brought you to us. A couple of things for you to try: Using the Forum Search function (should be in the upper right-hand portion of your screen), type in the words "winged scapula," which should call up a number of posts and threads from other TOS forum members - some of whom have suffered an injury to the long thoracic nerve as you have, either during surgery or as a result of an accident or other trauma.

I also remember a fellow from Australia who went by the name "Towelhorse," which you could search as well (his 'name', that is) to pull up his material from approximately 7 or 8 years ago now, I'd say. (He had some interesting theories about TOS, you might say, but as I recall he also shared lots of ideas about what he found useful in the healing process and what was less so, etc.)

Off the top of my head there are a couple of top TOS specialists who do take complicated cases, and are not too far from Utah: Dr. Brantigan, in Denver, and Dr. Pearl, in Dallas (or Houston? I need to double-check that for you). There's Dr. Donahue, in Boston, as well.

You could also check the Drs. and PTs "sticky" thread at the very top of this forum, to see who's in your state… but they may or may not be one of the top docs out there. And because I've been away for awhile, I'm not exactly sure how up-to-date the list is, either…

But keep in mind, we tend to talk about our docs and other healthcare providers on here, so in combing through the searched threads and posts you're likely to spot some names, get new ideas and hopefully, start to put together an awesome treatment team to give yourself the best chance for a good recovery!

Please avail yourself of some of the links captured in the "sticky" threads at the top of the forum as well. The last one, for example, has some excellent peer-reviewed articles about TOS and related matters in it. Keep posting here, will you, to let us know how you're doing or if you have any other questions or concerns? We're here to support you in any way we can.

Take care,

Alison