Does This Sound Like TOS?
 

Hello everyone,

To make a long story short.... I've been experiencing a number of issues for months. 2 Neuro's, ortho, primary care, and chiro. Nothing seems to really help.

-Dizziness
-Tension headaches
-Stiffness/soarness in my traps
-Headache with backache in the AM
-Tingling/numbness in the fingers
-Weakness/numbing in my right arm and trap. Also stiffness in my right leg. Most of my symptoms are on my right side. My collar bone sticks out more on that side.
-Tingling in the legs

I always thought it could be TOS..a massage therapist pointed out a collar bone issue....but I was more focused on a possible dietary issue. MRI's or Lumar, Cervical, and Brain normal. I noticed I was having a lot of stiffness in my right arm, trap, and upper chest. I massaged my chest and my symptoms started disappearing. Eventually went away. As I'm typing I can feel them coming back. Does this sound like a classic case of TOS?

I do remember when TOS started for me 2 years ago, I had symptoms in my legs too, but not anymore. From what I read there those symptoms do sound like TOS but of course we are not drs and what I learned in these 2 years from seeing so many drs and reading so much, is that this disease is very confusing and lots of things can overlap or mimic TOS. Rotator cuff issues for example can. Have you been evaluated by an orthopedic dr?

If you aren't in high pain or have clots or major swelling, most avg MDs, DC , PTs won't delve deeper to figure it all out.. Makes it harder to get a definite dx.

But not being in high pain or having clots is a good thing of course..
And puts it a bit more on you to be proactive & a researcher of sorts t figure it out for yourself . And to focus on how to repair & heal what ever it is causing the problems..

Part of the researching is finding the best expert PTs or DCs in your area that are multi talented and with multi modality use - and that will be interested to help you fully improve..

How long have you had symptoms?
Any thoughts on what brought them on?
* Posture head forward, shoulders hunched /forward, previous whiplash/accidents, desk work , repetitive job, or sport hits or falls?

Things for expert PT/DC to check- trigger points, muscle spasms , raised top rib/top rib mobilisation, uneven hips, shoulders and eyes/ears for that matter..

Lots of stuff in our sticky threads ...

That sounds like me. I'm a week post op for ntos.

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