Hello everyone, I left a job I had been at for 10 years. It meant more money,and I was promoted to assistant manager. It was a VERY BUSY shop. No time for lunch, Saturdays were hell, 9 hours of doing hair. Standing with my arms raised, bent over a chair and shampoo sink, and all that repetitive hand manipulation. A typical Saturday I would do up to 35 clients. Lots of money for hairdressing, but where did it get me? I wish things were different now, but I can't change it.
TOS,scalene compression
double crush syndrome Bilateral carpal tunnel release
mild cervical compression c5@6
de-quervain's tendonitis
parascapular myofascial pain
Where there is nothing else left, there is hope

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This is a good poll.... can'r believe I never saw it before

I answered "accident or some other means" and "cervical or other anatomical anomaly" because both relate to both sides. A accident or fall triggered each side due to a different anatomical bony anomaly. Left is a cervical rib, right was a large bone growth on the 1st rib.

Count me in the "Bi-lateral Cervical Rib" group. I knew I had them since jr. high. The ends of the ribs pop out in that little hollow area by the collarbone (no shoulderless outfits for me )

Think mine was related to a fall down the stairs, this perhaps unstabalised the thoracic outlet area and then my office job finally pushed me over the edge when i developed severe shoulder blade/hand pain 6 months later.

This is my speculation as dr's cant seem to comment on whether the accident could have anything to do with it (or even if i have TOS!)

Mine was extra cervical ribs AND bands. I had the bands removed in the early 1980s and it helped for a while. By 1996 I'd lost most of the use of my left arm and hand. It was awfully painful. I had the rib resection in 1996, just before being diagnosed with Sjogren's and Psoriatic Arthritis (but that's another story). I still have 2 bulging discs in my neck, but no one knows if they are from the TOS or the arthritis . I may be doing an SCS trial soon . Debby

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Interesting poll. I haven't voted within it because I've no idea what the causal factor or factors are for my TOS. I do work with a desk+computer for up to 8 hours a day, haven't had a recent accident or other acute stimulus for an injury, and have no extra cervical rib or abnormality, so work-related appears to be the most probable choice.

For those that know for certain that their TOS is work related, how do you know? Is it merely a case of picking the most likely culprit once other likely cases are eliminated? My neurologist did not attempt to deduct the cause of my TOS and neither has my phyiso. I do have the feeling that knowing the cause would be helpful but don't know how to achieve any level of certainty.