[Rosie33]

A few months ago I had a pain in my upper right arm. When I moved my arm back I heard a "CLICKING" sound and the pain went away. A couple of days later the same thing happened with my left arm. Now it's both arms. It is not a constant pain, only when I move my arms a certain way.

My doctor had x-rays taken, and said they showed some arthritis in my shoulders, but not much. I did some physical therapy, and more at home but I don't think it has helped. I do have "Idiopathic Neuropathy" in both my feet, and I sometimes have a slight feeling of pins and needles in my hands.

I have an appointment with an orthopedic surgeon in about a week. I'm wondering if anyone else hears a "CLICKING" sound when moving arms to alleviate the pain. I really don't want to go through more tests. I've seen 3 different neurologists for the neuropathy, and many different tests that did nothing but tell me there was no cure.

I've been reading about TOS here on the support groups, and wondering if that's what I have. I actually diagnosed my own neuropathy, because the doctor didn't know what I was talking about. I looked up my symptoms online, and brought her all the info. She said, "Hmm, very interesting". From there I went to different neurologists, and had an EMG, MRI, Scans, and tests for PAD, all of which showed nothing. I was told I have small fiber neuropathy because it doesn't show up in the EMG.

I really don't trust doctors because I have been through too many tests that tell me the same thing...."They don't know what causes it, and there's no cure". I'm very curious to know if anyone else experiences a "CLICKING SOUND" associated with pain. It really is loud enough that even my DH can hear it.

Before I had any pain I was doing some stretching exercises with a resistance chair, thinking it would help with my cholesterol. I know I did them all wrong because I was stretching the cables way above my head, and going too fast. I noticed the pain about 2 weeks after I stopped doing those stretches. I think I did something because all of a sudden it's both arms. It's been about 4 months since then, and I keep hoping it will get better, but it's isn't....:

[LosingHope]

A clicking sound like that is usually associated either with bones/joints making a self-adjustment (like what a chiropracter does to you, but on its own), or with tendons/ ligaments getting "stuck" briefly as they pass over the bone during motion (mostly associated with the shoulder joint, hip joint and knee joint). Either can occur with or without pain. Since the onset of your pain seems to coincide with your resistance-chair-stretching, I would think the latter would be the most likely explanation. You'll probably need a doctor or PT to determine if it's something that will resolve with time, or something that needs medical intervention.