Mild concussion and arm/leg spasms accompanied by migraine
 

My boyfriend was in a car accident on October 4th and suffered a concussion. He's had two CAT scans and neurological tests, and has been told there is no apparent injury to his brain, although he now has a dent in his skull.
Over the past several days, he has developed arm and leg spasms, which sometimes affect his ability to walk. He says he can feel them coming on. He's been seen by an ER doctor and his family doctor since it began, and neither had any answers for him. The family doctor even gave the impression that she didn't believe him.
Has anybody suffered from this type of symptom without injury to the brain? Does anybody have any suggestions as to why this is happening?

Liz4,

Welcome to NeuroTalk. It sounds like your BF may have a problem with his neck or upper back. Inflammation can cause decreased blood flow to the spinal cord causing the numbness. He can/should try icing his neck for 15 minutes on 30 minutes off anytime he can.

You can make a soft ice bag by adding rubbing alcohol to water and freezing it. Use 1 part rubbing alcohol to 3 parts water. A large freezer rated zip lock plastic bags works great. Make a few so there is always one frozen.

If it helps, it means he has a neck injury. Try icing any locations that have any tenderness to finger pressure. It will take some continuous effort with the icing to see any long term results.

A bit of manipulative therapy (chiro or PT) may help. Any chiro work should go gentle and slowly.

My best to you both.

Spasms
 

So sorry for your boyfriends struggles. After my injury I also suffered spasms. Mine would come after I fell asleep or in the aftermath of an extremely high BP spike. As with your boyfriends situation the doctor just looked at me when I told him. Did he believe me? I don't know. But he did not or could not explain it. On a different note the spasms have decreased with time.

Thank you both for your responses! Mark, I'll give that a go, I was wondering if it might have to do more with his neck, so that confirmed my suspicions.