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Originally Posted by ALASKA MIKE
i did the mirror test and sure enough that happened as you said. i could barely get my hands/arms in the air for that test. i know my pain doc asked me to raise my arms last time i was in and i couldnt raise my arms past level so maybe that is why no doc has noticed before. right now it seems to be more of a nuisance as far as the constant numbness and pain in the neck and shoulders. i was mainly wondering if this hurts the heart much as i am out of breathe so much these days especially if i lift something heavier than 10lbs. it can take 20 minutes for me to catch my breathe after lifting somethin so light.
mike
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That's a question a dam GOOD question for your doctor, Mike!
Glad that little test helped, although I'm sorry you got a "positive" result.
While you say you have that extra rib, (in your next post), some of the xray things you speak of are a bit over my head.
But, I do remember being told that I had a "smaller than average" for my size "Thoracic Outlet".
Which I think is the area above the collar bone, where everything spurts out of your torso, and up in to your head, and down into your arms.
Yes, I am poorly endowed in the T.O. Region..... sigh...
Mike, your body will "naturally" find it's comfort zone.
I remember reading a report a hand specialist here in Philly wrote about me.
The doc was so good, he knew I had TOS before uttering a word, or touching me, just by the way I "postured".
shoulders forward, arms in lap.
(That was long long ago, and I don't remember too much more).
Except of course that test.
I'm sorry if I forgot to tell you it would be painful.
Before my muscles naturally atrophied, I used to wake up, rolled up in my comforter, back against my wife. (The rsd, part of me, naturally sought her body heat). This is when I got claustrophobic.
I could'nt move, because both my arms were NUMB!
I'd have to thrash my body, and wake her up. so she could pull my arms down.
a "Thoracic Surgeon" (the one I have the terrible story about),
suggested that I "Tie my hands down to my waist" before going to bed.
AGHHH!!!
(I like to sleep with my hands up around my pillow, I suppose).
I can't imagine trying to fall asleep, "tied up".
Be well, Mike!
Pete
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