Double checked w/my chiro this morning for the tech. terms. He said 3 nerve bundles go through the Thorassic Outlet at the front of the shoulder and down the arm. if that outlet is closed and compress any of those nerves the result is the numbness and pain that I get at night. Picture crossing your arms in front of you and attempt to make your elbows meet, that's the position that compresses them. When I avoid that position with either arm, I don't get the pain, so I position pillows to keep that from happening. Once I have it and wake up from it it takes a long time to go away. The more bulky and less flexible your shoulders are the more likely it it to happen.I do.
Double checked w/my chiro this morning. He said 3 nerve bundles go through the Thorassic Outlet at the front of the shoulder and down the arm. if that outlet is closed and compress any of those nerves the result is the numbness and pain that I get at night. Picture crossing your arms in front of you and attempt to make your elbows meet, that's the position at compresses them. When I avoid that position with either arm, I don't get the pain, so I position pillows to keep that from happening. Once I have it and wake up from it it takes a long time to go away. The more bulky and less flexible your shoulders are the more likely it it to happen.
He also said that carpal tunnel is the only pain that radiates upward from the location toward the heart, real TC does that, otherwise it's not TC.
Agreed. I have nerve damage from that cycle crash I posted a couple days ago, injury was to my back, it's my left foot and leg that don't work right.. nerve damage sucks...
This ones bullshit. Both my hands stay numb all night. Surgery is the only answer. AND I don’t know what it is like to set behind a keyboard at work or elsewhere. CT is a PAIN IN THE ASS. Anyone who works with their hands can attest to that.
I had the surgery about 15 years back, both hands and arms. I never have recovered my hand strength.
Mom has the same issue. No strength. That is my biggest concern with going forward on the operation. One of my dads friends had both hands done the same day. Needless to say he wasn’t aware of the healing process / had to call his wife to drive him home and beg her to wipe his ass for two weeks as well.
Double checked w/my chiro this morning for the tech. terms. He said 3 nerve bundles go through the Thorassic Outlet at the front of the shoulder and down the arm. if that outlet is closed and compress any of those nerves the result is the numbness and pain that I get at night. Picture crossing your arms in front of you and attempt to make your elbows meet, that's the position that compresses them. When I avoid that position with either arm, I don't get the pain, so I position pillows to keep that from happening. Once I have it and wake up from it it takes a long time to go away. The more bulky and less flexible your shoulders are the more likely it it to happen.
He also said that carpal tunnel is the only pain that radiates upward from the location toward the heart, real CT does that, otherwise it's not CT.