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RE: [repetitivestrain] Re: What Carpal Tunnel feel like- new to group

Hi Lisa,

Would you share with us the treatment you received for brachial plexus?

Thx

>From: "lisa_tos"
>Reply-To: repetitivestrain@yahoogroups.com
>To: repetitivestrain@yahoogroups.com
>Subject: [repetitivestrain] Re: What Carpal Tunnel feel like- new to group
>Date: Tue, 24 Feb 2004 01:23:37 -0000
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>Sometimes car accidents can cause a brachial plexus injury which
>mimics some of the symptoms of carpal tunnel syndrome so it's helpful
>to have the doctor screen for that as well (often doesn't show up on
>MRI or electrodiagnostics)
>
>Vascular surgeons are the main specially that gets training in
>brachial plexus injuries. Your brachial plexus is a set of nerves that
>run between your collarbone and first rib.
>
>The book "It's not carpal tunnel syndrome" goes over the tests they
>should do.
>
>It's probably not that likely a cause of your symptoms but since I've
>run into people who have that type of injury failed to be correctly
>diagnosed for months(or years) I thought it worth mentioning.
>
>My wrist pain was almost completely resolved by treating the brachial
>plexus. (my injury came from computer mouse usage)
>       -lisa
>
>--- In repetitivestrain@yahoogroups.com, "nsyncluver2_2002"
> wrote:
> > Hi there,
> > I was wondering what carpal tunnel feels like? I have had aches and
> > pains in my hands and fingers and sometimes in my elbow and
> > sometimes its in my right hand and other times in my left. When it
> > first started I had shooting pains in my fingers but thought nothing
> > of it. But now I keep having aches and pains in my hands. I have
> > gone to my doctor and he scheduled an MRI of the neck. He's doing
> > that cause maybe its coming from there because I was rear ended in
> > May.
> > Thanks for any advice!
> > Keri
>
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Hi there, I was wondering what carpal tunnel feels like? I have had aches and pains in my hands and fingers and sometimes in my elbow and sometimes its in my... 		nsyncluver2_2002
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Are you sometimes woken up in the middle of the night with a painful numbness in your hand/fingers? Do you have to shake your hand or rub it to get it to go...
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the pain in my ahnds comes and goes during the day and night. The pain I get isn't numbness its mopre of a pain feeling and sometimes I have to shake my hand...
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Hi Keri, When you were rear-ended you probably got whiplash from your head jerking front and back violently, or it may have gone side to side. Either way, it...
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Hi Julie, Thanks that will help ease my worries a little bit. I will go to that web address and check it out. When I was rear ended my head went forward and...
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Hi Keri, Since your head whipped back and forth you can be quite certain you have whiplash. This is also called “brachial plexus syndrome” because the ...
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Sometimes car accidents can cause a brachial plexus injury which mimics some of the symptoms of carpal tunnel syndrome so it's helpful to have the doctor...
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You ask what treatment I receieved from my brachial plexus injury since it also helped my wrist pain When I was severely disabled treament consisted of 1)low...
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