I spent a few years in PT, mostly just massage and very gentle stretching of my arms and myofasial release. What I figured out after that is that I couldn't get around surgery.

I am not sorry at all I had it done. I did fall again really hard and caused a few problems with my hand. I no longer have the tingling and numbness and the pain that came with the TOS. My fingers are spasming up now and Jo says that is from the TOS. The surgery to me was one of the hardest ones to heal from. I can remember sleeping in a recliner for almost a year and using tens units, heating pads and anything else I could think of. You probably remember a lot of that from your surgery.

I took pictures of my fingers to show them to my hand surgeon to make sure that is what it is coming from but I have thought that.

As far as the Adcon L, I don't know as they use it anymore but I do think it saved me from having scar tissue build up. I don't know if it's an option anymore.

I think you have to see if you can get by without going through the surgery again. I never did the Peter Edgelow program but I had some good Pt'ers that learned in Holland and they didn't believe in lifting weights they were more prone to gentler things.

It really is a hard call. I think what it amounts to is when you get to the point to where YOU feel you have no choice in having the surgery then make that decision and don't look back. Also donot forget about the RSD worries and ask for blocks if you do go that route.

You've been through a lot already. What I did is waited until I got my strength built back up to have my TOS surgery. I had been through a lot prior to the TOS surgery also so I waited until I knew I could handle it and it was still the hardest surgery I have been through.

Good luck on your decision and do check out several Drs. before you make that call.

Ada