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Originally Posted by mspennyloafer
he is wrong about the mri, id look for a physical therapist whos hands on and does "manual" therapy
dont let them make you strengthen. theres a lot of ******* pts out there
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Hi Misspenny, he said he wanted me to do pt to strengthen my shoulders. Is that what you mean not to do?
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Originally Posted by Shadow1
Hi - I had an inital MRI with my arms down and it showed nothing wrong although I was having TOS symptoms (pain in chest, cold hands, loss of circulation, nerve compression). After those results came in NORMAL, the imaging place called the doctor and said that I was normal and they wanted me to go back in for another one. In this one, called a Magnetic Resonance Angiogram (MRA), they injected me with a contrast dye and I had to keep my arms above my head while in the machine. The results showed a at least a 90 percent blockage in my left subclavian artery and some blockage on my right side as well! Although not good news, it was good in the sense that it was confirmed that I have a problem. I"m fortunate to have doctors that right off the bat diagnosed it as TOS (first an spine doc and then a vascular surgeon). I don't know what your symptoms are exactly but you might want to inquire about an MRA. Good luck!
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Hi Shadow and thanks for reply. What I do not understand is that they did the tests, roos? test, hands went white and had pins and needles and aching arms. I had diminished pulse too when they lifted my arm and I turned my head...all the sx are there too. They have even seen when I raise my arm that my vein sinks in bit swells up when down so why thy are not taking it further is beyond me.I am glad that you were able to find someone good!!
I just do not know what to do now. Maybe I should go back to my GP again and tell him I am not happy. Or even email the initial specialist that saw me and agreed it was TOS after he did the tests.
