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Originally Posted by Pache1007
Ever since I fell 4 years ago, I have had 2 surgeries on my shoulder - debridement and Bankart repair. I continue to have severe pain down the back of my neck and across the back of both of my shoulders, along with a constant headache in the back of my head. I have had 6 cortizone injections and have been put on many, many different medications. Finally they sent me to the spine center. I have had x-rays and an MRI. This is what was found:
1. Deep tendon reflexes are diminished in the upper extremities and 1/4 at knee and ankle.
2. I have a relative loss of my cervical lordosis and some spondylosis with anterior spurring at c5-6 and c6-7.
3. The disk height at c5-6 is reasonably well mainaained, but is definitely narrowed at the c6-7 level
4. Disc osteophyte with small central protrusions at c5-c6 and c6-7, they do not encroach the canal
5. There is evidence f some osteophyte in the region of the foramina bilaterally, most particularly at c6-c7.
I cannot seem to get my doctor to return my call and am confused about the meaning of all of this.
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what kind of fall , what happened?
I'm asking mainly to find out how you landed or hit.
Some of the symptoms you describe almost sound like it could be Thoracic Outlet Syndrome {TOS} or a brachial stretch injury of some sort.
Do you have any hand or arm pain? swelling with arm use?
here's a link to our TOS forum useful sticky thread -
http://neurotalk.psychcentral.com/thread84.html
{tons of links and info and therapies - some of the treatments would most likely be helpful for any spasms, trigger points or tight muscles}