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Originally Posted by Jo*mar
I sounds very much TOS like... 
What kind of job/hobbies do you do? Repetitive, desk, hand/arm intensive?
Or even previous whiplash, sports injury, falls, hits, broken collar bone??
Overall upper body postures? Like head/shoulders forward or hunched?
It's often helpful to try to figure out why this started happening for you at this time.
The useful sticky threads will give you a solid start on TOS info/details & therapies.
Are you having any swelling or color changes with arms up vs down?
Yes, taking the pills with no phys therapy is just a cover up -the pills don't fix the problem. If you need then to be comfortable that's one thing. But some expert therapy is a good thing to try. |
I am a floor nurse. Constantly lifting on patients and charting on the computer. The only trauma that I have had is wrestling with my 4 boys. No change in arm color. I have asked about therapy, but until I have my EMG on the 19th they don't want to discuss it. The medicine does make me more comfortable when the pain is bad. I have checked out the stickies, this is what made me think that what I have sounds more like TOS vs brachial plexus injury. Is there an appropriate way to broach this diagnosis with the doctor. Most of them don't like it when the pt comes in suggesting something.
Thank you for your feedback.