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Originally Posted by chriswarren
Hi, I just want to toss this out as I can't get a single generalist or specialist to look at this holistically. Here is the vital info. I'm 40 and was in a traumatic car accident in 1990 which resulted in fractures of c7, t1, l5. Aches, pains, strains during the 90's starting early 2000's I began to throw out my thoracic spine on a monthly basis & received chiro treatments. I've always been athletic and competed in many sports. I still weight lift, do cardio and martial arts but about the time my back began giving me problems I began experience what I would define as muscle rigidity. Because of martial arts I can do a full split so I'm very flexible and yet I have experienced <10 tears (pops) in my calves over the past 5 years, between 5-10 pulled hamstrings, chronic forearm strain (lifting a glass of water causes pain), chronic elbow tenderness, crackling/aches in both knees and about 6 months ago more trouble with my back but this time the lumbar. Everytime I get healthy and start to exercise again it's another injury.
My weight has steadily increased although not entirely due to injury as I find alternatives and work around each injury. I'm now about 260. For frame of reference a good bw for me is between 215-220 where I was about 5 yrs ago at 12% bf.
The answer may be the obvious but even though I have a high pain threshold I'm tired of hurting and waking up in pain. Every part of me hurts, I've gained a lot of weight that doesn't respond drastically to diet restrictions and my energy levels are decreasing. Any correlations I should consider?
Sorry for being long winded and thanks for any help you can give.
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In reading your post, I don't see the normal top 5 symptoms of TOS.
We have hand pain, arm pain, top of shoulder pain, a pain "spot" right by the shoulder blade, horrible neck pain and headaches, and fatigue, as in not being able to get out of bed for days. (I am bedridden 90% of the time.) But my TOS all started by using the computer too much and getting hand, wrist, thumb and elbow pain on the right side.
Just in case, I posted all of the tests they put us through for TOS. This may give you some info. to know what kind of doc you want to see - I'd think an ortho and a rheumatologist would be a good start, with some spine imaging (MRIs) and get some immunological blood work to make sure you don't have the "usual" MS, ALS, MD, etc. - they just RULE THEM OUT, so you can move on to more issues. Same with ortho MRIs, they are looking for disc damage that can be linked to your pain.
I hope this info. helps you.