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Old 01-06-2013, 04:01 PM
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Originally Posted by Joshuamr View Post
Hello everyone. I have been experiencing increased pain levels lately, along with visible thenar atrophy. There are just wrinkles in my skin on my right hand where my thenar muscle used to be. I am still getting sent from doctor to doctor. Everyone scratching their head when all the tests come back normal. They want to repeat the Emg now that my muscle is wasting. I have been experiencing increased pain in my shoulder/clavicle area lately. The pain feels deep and radiates into my scapula region and trapeze muscle. What has alarmed me more lately is the feeling I've been getting in my pec/chest area. It's like a tight burning pain. Sometimes it feels difficult to breathe it gets so tight. Is this a normal symptom of NTOS? Has anyone experienced this pain in the chest area. I couldn't sleep at all last night....the pain started in my shoulder and just started getting worse. The burning pain was unbearable. My forearm has been so tight and painful. Feels cramped. And the usual weakness and fatigue in my grip strength and arm. My arm. Feels like it just wants to hang. I carried my 18month old daughter yesterday for just a minute and my arm felt like I just did a heavy workout. Burning pain down the arm, and so fatigued. Then the scapula pain followed. Kinda just venting and wondering about others experiences with these pain patterns. Thanks.

I'm so sorry everything is so difficult for you. I hope you feel better, but I did want to make mention of one thing that may save you some time. If you are convinced that you have TOS, an EMG is probably going to show nothing even if there is wasting of the muscle. It is classic for Nerve conductions/EMGs to show nothing wrong for TOS. I know that my left bicep is 2 inches smaller in circumference than my right which is significant wasting and my EMG showed nothing abnormal at all. I would suggest not pursing that area to save yourself a couple months of pain and really push to see a TOS specialist. I hope you're able to find one soon that accepts your insurance :-(
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