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Originally Posted by Jo*mar
Hi Teresa,
Sounds like you got a quadruple whammy for TOS... 
Did the PTs , DCs, etc, do any manual trigger point work, massage, low level laser therapy, e stim, rib mobilizations, posture/body work?
I also got these things for at home use
Digital IF stim & fist had a dial EMS stim - digital controls are much easier and no accidental bumps to a higher level like with a dial adjustment.
IF stim is less prone to give zaps/zingers.
Far infrared heating pad
foam roller/ Swiss exercise ball
tennis balls for floor or wall trigger work
Most of us do have to adjust our lifestyle & activities.
I know it mentally takes a lot to readjust & come to terms with it, but it's better to avoid those flares and sometime later on, you slowly can take baby steps to more activity.
Many of us have gone thru the 5 stages of grief, with any significant loss we tend to go thru those.. |
Hi Jo*mar
Curious to know if you recall any members on the forum that have experienced facial numbness on their operative side that starts acting up when laying down and as a result even when getting plenty of sleep creates aching type pain and when rising in the morning feeling just awful dizzy/lightheaded & nauseous and great fatigue throuhout the day. This is now occuring 20 months post op in addition to neck & chest tightness & BTW I can only sleep on my non-operative side only as when I sleep on my operative side I get almost a choking feeling which in turn brings on coughing and more pain.
I also have had shortness of breath quite a lot post surgery which has been very slow in improving....now mostly with exertion. I have been told that with phrenic nerve injuries it takes a long time even when it heals that the diaphragm takes time to get stronger to move as it should......also curious to know of others who have this problem.
Can this be scar tissue creating compression on nerves, etc.? and have others who also have experienced these symptoms found any answers?
chloecasey