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Thoracic Outlet Syndrome Thoracic Outlet Syndrome/Brachial Plexopathy. In Memory Of DeAnne Marie. |
View Poll Results: How did you get TOS? | ||||||
repetitive work injury only - no other factors known | 21 | 27.63% | ||||
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repetitive work injury - with possible prior factors | 13 | 17.11% | ||||
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repetitive work injury - with known factors & issues also | 6 | 7.89% | ||||
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vaccination or injections | 3 | 3.95% | ||||
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accident of some sort that triggered it - car, fall, lifting ,etc | 28 | 36.84% | ||||
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Extra cervical ribs or bands /anomalies | 17 | 22.37% | ||||
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RSD also | 8 | 10.53% | ||||
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Multiple Choice Poll. Voters: 76. You may not vote on this poll |
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03-03-2010, 08:20 PM | #21 | ||
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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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02-26-2011, 10:05 PM | #22 | |||
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bumping up
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02-27-2011, 10:15 AM | #23 | ||
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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. |
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02-27-2011, 02:42 PM | #24 | |||
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I think it would be good to try to figure out if your work might be a cause. or play a part in it.
Things to consider how many years on the job? is desk/workspace as ergonomic for you as possible? is a cold air vent blowing on you at work? overall posture? head/shoulder alignment= good/ poor/getting worse? any other possibles activities that might had contributed? weightlifting, playing musical instruments, texting, lots of x box/play station/compute gaming as youngster? If any family members have similar body type & aches and pains - it could be a family predisposition. I knew mine was work related as I could recover on the weekends but sx would appear by Tuesday again - 4 -10 hr days - so 3 days to recover. finally I stopped being able to recover, tried to keep working by eating advil like candy.. but that is not a good thing for the tummy or gut.. so filed a wc claim and after awhile of light duty we decided it was best if I was off work so PT would have a better chance to do some good.
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02-28-2011, 03:28 PM | #25 | |||
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A car hoist fell on me and crushed shoulder and clavicle. went with injury
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02-28-2011, 09:42 PM | #26 | |||
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The only thing i could trace it back to is perhaps lifting in 2008. I used to do free weights and maybe one time i used weights that were slightly too heavy and or used bad form when doing it. I had a c5,c6 cervical fusion operation for DDD, and that only made my TOS worse and didnt even help my neck/back problem.
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03-16-2011, 12:09 AM | #27 | ||
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mine started out of the blue. i have no idea what caused it. i just remember being in an elevator in atlanta in 1997 thinking that my shoulder had been hurting for months and that i should go get it checked out. really weird, i always just kind of hoped it would disappear as mysteriously as it arrived. no such luck.
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03-19-2011, 09:40 PM | #28 | ||
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Although the past 5 or so years my symtoms have got worse I can go back almost 20 years when it all started. I got my GP to look at my medical file from before seeing him and there was problems 15+ years ago that can be linked with my TOS. I used to be able to have chiro, massage etc... but the past few years get short term relief. Now due to clotting and blood thinners all therapy is a no no. It took a long time to join the dots so to speak
For me it wasn't so much work related until the past 5 years but before that when I was raising my kids was when my neck, upper back and scapula became a problem for me.
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03-24-2011, 04:45 AM | #29 | ||
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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 )
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04-02-2011, 01:46 PM | #30 | ||
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I haven't been diagnosed with this, but if I am at some point.
It would be the accident area. Because I've had many accidents over the years. But I also wanted to keep this bumped. Donna |
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