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Originally posted by drop dead fred View PostThanks for that info guess i need to schedule with someone... lots of lifting with my work so I’m sure something is job related is likely
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Originally posted by CastAndBlast View PostAbout a hundred different possibilities. If you have been working out a lot, it could be entrapment of the brachial plexus. For every "front muscle" (pectoralis maj/min., anterior delts, etc.) exercise, you should be doing 2 "back muscle" (trap, rhomboid, post. delt, etc.) . If you over develop the front, you will start getting entrapment of the nerves when your arms are in front of you. Look up thoracic outlet syndrome as well.
Most likely, there is some neck involvement as well. You could have a slight to moderate encroachment at the neck, then a slight to moderate in the shoulder girdle. This would lead to moderate to severe symptoms.
The nerves that innervate the arm can be entrapped in multiple different places, but the most common are the neck, shoulder, elbow, then wrist. It could be a combination of all of the above.
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I had the same problem a few years ago. Mine got so bad that in addition to my hands falling asleep at night, I had trouble with using my hands for detailed tasks. Mine was due to a nerve being restricted by my pectoralis minor muscle. I started doing pec. stretches and it went away in a few weeks.
Not sure if this is the same problem but it is an easy thing to try.
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Another thing it can be is the veins/nerves in your elbow. I get this a lot when I sit with elbows bent or lay down facing up with a tablet. Being a programmer,I have to get up and walk every 20 minutes to keep my arms from being bent like that too long. What you described about your phone is same thing I first noticed. I'm same way,run and lift every day (well less now since I hurt my achilles and forearm).
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I've had the same problem, docs told me it was carpal tunnel and tried to convince me I needed surgery to cure what ailed me, I thought they were full of it so I tried several other avenues. Turns out I was right, a few visits to the chiropractor, no more numbness and tingling in my hands and arms!
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Originally posted by CastAndBlast View PostAbout a hundred different possibilities. If you have been working out a lot, it could be entrapment of the brachial plexus. For every "front muscle" (pectoralis maj/min., anterior delts, etc.) exercise, you should be doing 2 "back muscle" (trap, rhomboid, post. delt, etc.) . If you over develop the front, you will start getting entrapment of the nerves when your arms are in front of you. Look up thoracic outlet syndrome as well.
Most likely, there is some neck involvement as well. You could have a slight to moderate encroachment at the neck, then a slight to moderate in the shoulder girdle. This would lead to moderate to severe symptoms.
The nerves that innervate the arm can be entrapped in multiple different places, but the most common are the neck, shoulder, elbow, then wrist. It could be a combination of all of the above.
I agree with this completely! More than likely I imagine you can possibly skip having surgery done at this time if you will go visit a good PT. I would guess some entrapment issues are present and could be more than 1 site. As he stated above check into thoracic outlet syndrome as a possibility and if going to PT they should screen for this but if not ask questions!
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