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Thoracic Outlet Syndrome Thoracic Outlet Syndrome/Brachial Plexopathy. In Memory Of DeAnne Marie. |
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08-19-2014, 09:38 AM | #21 | ||
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I was offline for the past 8 weeks due to neck surgery. I'm now the proud owner of a prosthetic disc. The surgery went very smoothly and seems to have resolved the compression at the C7 nerve root, so now I can do training without feeling much worse afterwards.
8 weeks off training has definitely made the TOS symptoms worse, but after a week back training the serratus, things are much better. However it's difficult to say definitively what is a TOS symptom and what is directly resulting from nerve root compression. I'm convinced that (in my case) the serratus is the main culprit. Another simple diagnosis:
Other serratus exercises: 1) Hold hands in front of you, palm upwards (thumbs outward), elbows at 90 deg. Hold a thera band in tension between the two hands. Raise the arms slowly, keeping elbows at 90 deg, all the time trying to push the elbows outwards (causing the serratus to push the shoulders forwards). 2)Wrap a thera band around your your upper back, across your upper arms and held by the hands about 30cm in front. Push the shoulders outward then forward against the thera band. Note that strengthening the serratus is not about compression. It's the exact opposite. The serratus pulls the shoulders outward and upward, lifting the clavicle off the ribs and taking the weight off the upper trapezius. |
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08-20-2014, 02:36 AM | #22 | ||
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08-20-2014, 02:41 AM | #23 | ||
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@smaug what do you think a good frequency for these exercises is? Meaning:
- Every day - Every other day - 3 X week - 2 X week - etc. What does your PT recommend? |
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08-21-2014, 03:37 AM | #24 | ||
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Once I get on to using weights and the exercises are more strength building (after a couple of weeks) I reduce to once a day then every second day. It is vital that the progression to these exercises only happens after the activation is correct. Many times I have been guilty of being too eager to get the muscle strengthened and jump straight to this step causing incorrect movement and more pain. |
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