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Old 06-26-2007, 07:47 AM
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Hmm, let's see if I can remember all the physical symptoms I've had since the start right after the car accident:

In ER:
-stiff neck
-inability to turn head and more than a few degrees any direction,
-pain in back of throat when swallowing,
-some chest pain
-burning pain going down my right arm.

The next three or four days:
-Felt like I had, indeed, been rear-ended by a Chevy suburban.
-tops of shoulders were incredibly sore,
-couldn't pick up the 5 pound water jugs I had just purchased at the grocery store right before the accident without shooting pain going up to my neck. Very uncomfortable.

For the first three months:
-gradual decrease in neck pain and shoulders symptoms, however easily aggravated by carrying too heavy of a work bag (I still carry small, light purses only!).
-Lots of scalene muscle pain, especially when lifting.

For the first nine months:
-pain levels settled down,
-however my neck muscles would spasm, locking up again if I over exerted my upper body. Was doing strengthening exercises such as push-ups and working with exercise band per physical therapy instruction.
-otherwise, upper body was okay

Then:
-Started feeling tingling in my fingers when typing on my laptop.
-Took a week break and when I went back to typing, developed pain in my shoulders, elbows, wrists and fingers bilaterally one morning while sitting at the computer.

Symptoms over the last year, in descending order:
-burning of inner wrists
-ulnar nerve distribution pain that felt like ice going up my forearms
-diagnosed with flexor tenosynovitis and TOS
-loss of cervical lordosis (curve) in neck
-tingling and numbness of my hands, fingers, and forearms
-inability to do the dishes, dropping items and loss of hand coordination.
-horrible, burning shoulder and elbow pain during physical therapy for TOS
-burning pain switched to back of wrists after six months
-still have occasional neck pain with particular movements or -picking something up that was to heavy
-negative EMG/NCS

Currently have:
-trigger points on back for sure, probably more elsewhere
-wrist pain that migrates from the front to back, though much better than a year ago
-weird finger and thumb pain
-weak grip strength, but am finally able to do the dishes again!
-back of hand and thumg pain when writing, hand pain when doing fine motor skills like fixing my glasses, old hobbies like making jewelry, and as someone else mentioned, hand pain with small objects like tweezers and fingernail clippers.
-tingling
-muscle atrophy of thumbs, hands and arms
-positive Doppler ultra sound for vascular constriction at 180°
bilaterally
-x-ray shows cervical ribs

Last edited by MelissaLH; 06-26-2007 at 07:48 AM. Reason: Misplaced symptoms
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