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Originally Posted by Dubious (Post 974246)

Hey Eddie,

I have some thoughts but frankly I am tired of getting swatted down after offering help, lately, So this may be my last post.

First, I agree with with Jomar that MRI result do not "show" pain, rather they just correlate prior clinical suspicions. I have been attacked for stating the same numerous times but that fact just, is what it is. And while advanced PT's (Jomar I assume you mean a DPT) might have more diagnostic accumen, almost all PT's do not have clinical diagnostic training, rather they learn "assesment." I would go with a DPT if you have a choice. Most PT's won't enter the diagnostic realm as they are not trained for such and are very uncomfortable clinically and legally doing that.

That said, your lumbar MRI doesn't show much more than mildly degenerative this or that. It doesn't obviously address your lumbar "radiculopathy" which was a pre-study impression but then again we don't know what your subjective complaints are or your clinical findings (your doc does).

One thought that comes to mind when someone generally mentions multi-limb pain, numbness, tingling or symptoms in general and the MRI's are apparently benign, are metabolic disease or possibly demyelinating issues. There are other reasons and certainly a cervical MRI or even a thoracic MRI might be in order since you seem not to have a clear clinical cause for your issues and in rarer cases, lower extremity symptoms can come from the neck and even the mid back. You mentioned you get wobbly when rising from a bent-over position and must hesitate until you get your bearings so I wonder about blood volume loss or even cardiac deficiency as being part of the problem.

I wish the best for you and for anyone else who wants to attack me again, go pound sand.

Thank you, I really appreciate your thoughts and advice on this matter as I am sure a lot of other people on the site do as well.

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Originally Posted by Eddie2099 (Post 975645)

Thank you, I really appreciate your thoughts and advice on this matter as I am sure a lot of other people on the site do as well.

Hi Eddie, I think Dubious gave some great advise --so you know why it may be diffrent then some others is Dubious comes from a clinical point of view he was a chiro for 25yrs plus and is now disbaled from spine problems. Insight comes from prof and personal experience!!

Dubious --good to see you my buddy :winky:

I just had a nerve conduction test done last week on my hands and neck that has been very revealing. I apparently have carpal tunnel in both of my hands and pinched nerves that are so bad at this point that I have now been informed that I have to have small outpatient surgery scheduled for both of my wrists or I will eventually lose the use of my hands.

The test also revealed that I have pinched nerves in my neck as well as some type of damage to the cervical nerve root in my neck however I do not currently possess the official report from the test yet to know exactly what type of damage.

Has anyone had this surgery done on your hands before? Honestly I am feeling very stressed and worried about it after getting this incredible earth shattering news.

Hi Eddie -- Yes, I had the surgery for carpal tunnel. It's a SNAP. No problem at all. Very simple surgery. BUT -- I did have to wear a brace for about 6 wks afterwards. Now that was back in about 1999. Things might be different now. They may not make you wear a brace anymore -- I really don't know.

But like I said, the surgery was very simple and I can barely see the tiny incision. ;) I'm SO glad I had it done because before it was done it was SOOOO painful!!! Take care, and God bless. Hugs, Lee

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Originally Posted by Eddie2099 (Post 977985)

Do you have symptoms in both hands???

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Originally Posted by Eddie2099 (Post 966485)

Thank you for your explaining it to me, I see my doctor next week but I have just been waiting for almost a month now to find out the results of the MRI and it arrived in the mail last night.

I am currently in physical therapy for my hands and ankles and I had the results sent to them earlier this month but they wouldn't even tell me anything (which is understandable) so it is mainly the not knowing that has started to worry me but I am at somewhat at ease now after hearing your input.

I am currently experiencing numbness,tingling and weakness in both of my hands but mainly in my left hand, weak wobbly knees, sore ankles, thighs, shoulders and my neck has been giving me issues lately as well along with heavy pain in my upper and lower back mainly my lower; when I bend down and stand back up I feel disoriented for a while and have to stand still for a while until it passes.

There will also be times where my hands go really numb and the middle finger on my left hand feels like it feel asleep when I try to feel it and I also experience a moment of weakness in my body when this happens and I feel disoriented but it does pass, I had a spell that happened Thursday where my left index finger also "fell asleep" while I was walking.

bumping the symptoms info up

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[The test also revealed that I have pinched nerves in my neck as well as some type of damage to the cervical nerve root in my neck however I do not currently possess the official report from the test yet to know exactly what type of damage.]

I wouldn't rush into any carpal tunnel surgery until I got the results of the neck MRI imaging.