Originally Posted by chroma

A Dr. Stoxen from the Chicago area gave a presentation on TOS in 2004, which I found interesting. *edit* if you search Google you will find it with these search terms:

vimeo stoxen thoracic outlet syndrome

I found these things especially interesting:

-- His comments on posture were spot on for me.

-- He points out that the first rib has no muscles that can pull it down, so it needs to be adjusted manually/externally.

-- He advises against certain neck stretches due to their pulling on the first rib. Interestingly, my chiro in Los Angeles warned me against the same thing.

-- He claims a high success rate with non-surgical treatment.

In addition to sharing this with you, I'm interested to know what your thoughts are on the contents of the presentation?

This is my first post btw. I've had mild TOS symptoms for years--without knowing what TOS was or what was going on--and then it "blew up" in early July. I've just started chiro and Egoscue exercises, and plan to add trigger point self therapy soon.