Types of TOS
 

Hi everyone,

New here, but it has been really comforting reading all of your posts. Is it possible to have two different types of TOS? Or can neurogenic TOS cause vascular compression?

I'm showing the following signs on my left side:
1. venous - visible veins in the chest & shoulder and swollen/red arm
2. neurogenic - shoulder leans forward, bone in back (scapula?) sticks out and fatigue in the arm

I also have a bruise on my left upper arm (looks like broken capillaries) and sometimes get pain in my left index finger.

Any help is greatly appreciated. Thanks so much.

Yes - you can have both vascular and neurogenic TOS.
There could be a narrowed or compressed space where both the nerves and veins/arteries going through that space are getting compressed.

Thank you for the response. So if I can ease the compression of that space with physical therapy, will the vascular TOS also ease up? Or if once the vein is damaged, then it's not reversible? I keep hearing/reading that medication and/or surgery is the only way to go for vascular TOS.