Jo Mar,

I've been to several different PT/Therapists. I started out doing run of the mill rotator cuff therapy which of course was off the mark. When the burning scapular pain emerged, I started doing tissue work. In the end, I kept jumping around because nothing helped.

It was only after the pain ran down my arm to produce ulnar neuropathy issues that I ran into a manual orthopedic therapist. This was around December when my pain was at it's worst. I literally was bordering on RSD type behavior because I was so fearful of pain. This therapist worked the thoracic spine, neck/thoracic outlet, and pec minor areas over the course of a couple months. He also did some nerve gliding. This calmed down the situation quite a bit, but of course, I kept irritating the situation.

It wasn't until three weeks ago when I started to vigoriously stretch my neck that the symptoms started to seriously recede. This last manual therapist was on the right track, but the work was just too infrequent (and costly!).

My doc actually mentioned that my previous training could have resulted in hypertrophy of the neck muscles. Since my blow up in November of the ulnar symptoms, I've done didly on the resistance training front. For two months I hardly had function of my right arm.

I actually just purchased Sharon's book on TOS.

As for pain, it's gone down drastically since I started stretching my neck. On average, I'm at 1-2 now. Prior to stretching three weeks ago, I was probably 4 -6 and it was painful to bend my right arm. And in November/December I was off the charts...definitely a 10.

KY