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[ Welcome to BodymindResources.com's presentation of the Thoracic Outlet Syndrome class! Today we will be discussing Thoracic Outlet Syndrome, how it happens and how to treat it.

What is Thoracic Outlet Syndrome?

Thoracic Outlet Syndrome is a pinching or pulling of the brachial plexus (a bundle of nerves in the shoulder/neck area). It can also entail a pinching off of an artery that runs underneath the clavicle (subclavian artery). This causes numbness, tingling, or pain in the hands that is often mistaken for Carpal Tunnel Syndrome. The impairment of the brachial plexus or subclavian artery can come about in many different ways. It can happen due to injury, vascular disease, lesions, and many other little things that can go wrong. The most common cause and the one we are concerned with today, however, is a mechanical cause of nerve pinching muscular tension and connective tissue adhesion caused by improper body mechanics and dysfunctional repetitive movements of the arms and rib cage.

What is the Brachial Plexus?

thoracic outlet syndrome : brachial plexus

The brachial plexus is a bundle of nerves whose roots begin mainly in the cervical (neck) spine. These roots create a bundle of nerves that start to merge into more organized grouping as they move towards the arms. This bundle of nerves eventually becomes the radial nerve, the ulnar nerve, and the median nerve that we discussed in the Carpal Tunnel class. Since this bundle can become the median nerve, you can see why Thoracic Outlet Syndrome can be mistaken for carpal tunnel. This is because it is often the same impingement just higher up the route of the nerve.

These nerve, like any nerves, when pinched, lose some of their blood flow and ability to transmit impulses. This results in numbness, tingling and/or pain. If you treat this soon enough, you should be able to quickly restore function to the nerve route. If you wait too long you can delay recovery or even permanently damage the nerve so the time to act is always NOW!]

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