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Thoracic Outlet Syndrome Thoracic Outlet Syndrome/Brachial Plexopathy. In Memory Of DeAnne Marie. |
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11-21-2008, 12:26 PM | #11 | |||
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I'd say when your arms are raised those c ribs are causing more compressions.
Oh man , I remember the burning feelings... I would get it at the "hump" area of my back and all across my shoulders. My fingers didn't tingle but I would get sharp cramps in the back of my hands and my forearm muscles would get very sore and feel strained , took ages to get that resolved. Mainly because the problem was based up in my neck and PT was only focusing on my hand/arms for RSI like symptoms. Finally after another evaluation from a more advanced PT she found the true cause and I got the more helpful therapies then. After those PT sessions were done I found my chiro & an independent PT guy on my own. For the most part we usually suggest trying good PT first to see if any helps reduce symptoms. If you can avoid most pain/symptoms by modifying activities I would wait on the surgery. Most with TOS are in quite severe and constant pain before they finally have surgery. For now at least you do know that those c ribs are the main culprit, as opposed to those that have soft tissue causes or no obvious anomalies to cause their pain & symptoms. I would take the time to seek out the best surgeon that you can and have him evaluate your situation, and a good one should also know of an excellent PT place to refer you to.
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11-23-2008, 12:27 PM | #12 | ||
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Great, thanks for your help. I am thinking I would like to go the PT route first depending on how the nerve damage affects things. I don't understand a lot of it, but would rather try again with PT(did it last year before carpal tunnel surgery)
do you recover completely and get full strength back after surgery? I didn't know if the re-section of the c ribs limits your recovery or only gets you back to close in strength. thanks, Rob |
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11-23-2008, 01:58 PM | #13 | |||
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I'm sure many do recover, we just don't see them on forums because they are doing well & functioning fairly well.
Hank Blalock the texas rangers ballplayer had surgery last year and is back to playing ball. - but he is also having misc other injuries that take him in & out of the active roster... makes me wonder about the spread of myofascial issues.. many of us seem to have that sort of problem. Ahhh , you had a carpal tunnel surgery already ...that might have been what is called a double crush syndrome .... {when compression is in 2 places- outlet & wrist or outlet & ulnar, there can also be a triple crush involving all three area} Did your hands recover well? you might find some info in these that will be of help- http://neurotalk.psychcentral.com/post87845-19.html http://neurotalk.psychcentral.com/post85992-18.html
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11-24-2008, 07:59 PM | #14 | ||
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my hands still have symptoms of the carpal tunnel , still get numb(not as often though) and they can't grip either like they used to.
saw the surgeon today, he has asked for an mri to get definitive answers in 3-d of some areas. he said with my symptoms surgery will be inevitable, but we won't rush into it right now, have to see the results from the mri. |
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