I saw Dr. Ando(pt) yesterday who mobilized my ribs and my chiro today who adjusted my thoracic spine, then this afternoon went to my TOS Dr. Aufiero who gave me Trigger pt injections and am starting to feel a little relief. It feels like I have a sharp knife in my scalpula and hurts when I move or breathe.

I have a prescription for an x-ray so I will schedule that tomorrow to rule out any fractured ribs. I go back to the chiro on Friday and back to Ando on Monday.The amazing thing is that right now my TOS symptoms are gone. Wouldnt that be amazing if it lasted??. I am just happy that I had appts previously scheduled with the chiro and Dr. Aufiero and Dr Ando fit me in on the same day!

Parbie, I e-mailed my friend but havent heard back from her yet, but hopefully the pt you found is helpng you! If I get any info I will send it to you. Also, I was interested in scalenctomy only but through PT I have realized the problems are mor my ribs, but not just the first Rib, it seems like my lower ribs press into my pec minor and teres muscles. How is your pec minor doing since the tenomoty?

Hope you are still feeling that relief from the injections! The pt I found is def much better than the previous I will post about my progress with her on my thread. Only issue is I am getting more symptomatic on my left side and am really trying to avoid left side surgery but regardless I am waiting a while before I make that decision. My pec minor is still tight and painful but I think my left is tighter so I guess that's a good sign? I was having sharp pains and a squeezing feeling as well on my right side but that stopped when I stopped doing a pec minor stretch that my previous therapist in TO told me to do. Now some ice, self massage with a soft ball, and lipoderm gel are helping a bit with the pain. In my case, I guess it's still too early to tell how much the tenetomy helped.

Well, i dont have a cracked rib-no evidence of fracture-so there goes that theory-i am slowly feeling a tiny bit better each day but not where I was.

It seems apparent now that the pressure on my back from the acupuncturist caused the rib(s) to move and is poking into my scalpula and pec minor. My PT is having a hard time getting them to move back-so months (7 with Dr. A) of PT and one wrong move by someone else can set you back again. The pressure on my pec minor is leading to numbess in my arm and hand again. A few minutes ago I sneezed and the pain in my scalpula was excruciating.

The good news is my nerve flares and muscle spasms are minimal. I have found finally a drug combo that is helping: 600 ml Ibuprofin and a Tramadol and they dont make me sleepy or groggy so I can drive and do normal things. Occaisionally i will take a flexeril at night , but havent noticed it helping much.

I go back to PT on Wed. and will try a massage there for the first time and then the chiro on Friday. Hopefully I will be feeling better enough by Thanksgiving to enjoy it.